Example sentences of "she would have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was because she knew that before the month was out she would have said a permanent goodbye to him that she was greedy to spend as much time with him as she could now . |
| 2 | There was even the ruby the first earl gave his wife to celebrate the title bestowed by James Stuart in 1604 , but she would have liked a ring . |
| 3 | She would have liked a bath herself , but , failing that , she could have a strip wash . |
| 4 | Or , possibly , she would have done a bit of both . |
| 5 | Had he not assumed the initiative it was feasible she would have given a reason to keep them out . |
| 6 | When she was hurt she put herself out of reach ; Caro knew that by now , and she would have given a lot to undo the conversation . |
| 7 | She once admitted that she would have loved a career in politics and believed she was now being forced to draw upon all her native political skills to ensure that her design ideas and her control over image were not submerged in the drive to reduce the debts . |
| 8 | ‘ She would have run a mile , ’ said Robert . |
| 9 | If anyone had told her then that one day she would join the royal family she would have run a mile . |
| 10 | She thought she would have made a better job of it , not believing a word , just because she was a good teacher . |
| 11 | She would have made a good wife for a T'ang , let alone a man like Sung . |
| 12 | Coffin thought she would have made a marvellous soldier . |
| 13 | She would have preferred a romantic candlelit dinner for two , but even more , she wanted Josh to see David as one of life 's pluses and not as an interloper . |
| 14 | She would have preferred a woman of her own age and background . |
| 15 | She would have had a sort of power over him . |
| 16 | Previously , she would have had a contribution of £19.00 . |
| 17 | If Peggy herself had had one tenth of such devotion from her father she would have had a happier time as a child . |
| 18 | I do not make any award for the sums claimed from disposable income for her employment during the said , the alleged year off , since I 'm not satisfied she would have had a year off , or would have had any disposable income even if she had taken that year . |
| 19 | She was n't a particularly interesting waitress and in truth it is doubtful whether she would have got a mention at all if … |
| 20 | I consider that she would have found a job by early Autumn and therefore the sum must be more than a , nearly a year 's earnings and I assess it at eight thousand pounds . |
| 21 | She was not sure , yet , how that might be accomplished , but at least she would have won a reprieve . |
| 22 | Not that she would have allowed a little thing like lack of transport to get in her way — in her current mood she would have hired a private helicopter if necessary to get her to her destination . |
| 23 | Not that she would have allowed a little thing like lack of transport to get in her way — in her current mood she would have hired a private helicopter if necessary to get her to her destination . |
| 24 | She would have thought a woman would have died of shame . |
| 25 | Eventually he released her with what appeared to be reluctance , which was strange , she thought , because she would have expected a man with his inhibitions about women to have just brushed her mouth briefly and then dropped her like a glowing ember . |
| 26 | If she were asked where Fenna had come from she would have told a quite different story : the story of the arrival of Fenna . |
| 27 | Allitt ought to have told her , and she would have told a doctor immediately , Nurse Geeson told day three of the trial at Nottingham Crown Court . |
| 28 | She would have passed a hundred breathalysers . ’ |