Example sentences of "would [verb] [vb pp] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this respect the CNAA 's central concerns would have remained the same whatever policy governments formulated , so long as there were ‘ non-university ’ institutions seeking approval for their courses under the terms of the CNAA 's Charter . |
| 2 | The newsreader would have achieved the same effect if he had suddenly broke into song . |
| 3 | Rocky introduced them as Carl Wood , Jubal Cantrell and Austen Parker , but Jim Miller would have recognised the latter two as Jube and Red , the pair who had baited him and given him such a hard time before Rocky 's intervention had rescued him . |
| 4 | But time was when I would have said the same of you , ’ he added wryly , and took heart at hearing Hugh laugh , if only briefly and softly . |
| 5 | I 'm sure your father would have said the same . ’ |
| 6 | Where which probably the parents when I was doing midwifery would have said the same thing but there was nothing they could do about it . |
| 7 | I would like to think that if Freud were alive today , he would have said the same thing , of course when Freud wrote this book in nineteen twenty one er there was no such thing as group psychotherapy it had n't been invented yet , it was to become very much after World War Two but partly existed before and perhaps it 's past its peak now , but erm it did become very much a after World War Two and the point I made was and this is really wh wh what Heather ha h has just said , that if you take Freud 's book on , on group seriously , how can you do group psychoanalysis ? |
| 8 | He would have posed the same question if he had been sitting in her position . |
| 9 | Had the Republican candidate in 1980 been an ideologue , he would have suffered the same fate as Barry Goldwater in 1964 ; if , by some fluke , he had been elected , he would have been denied cooperation by congress and would have been drummed out of office in 1984 . |
| 10 | Lord Taylor , the Lord Chief Justice , sitting with Mr Justice Judge and Mr Justice Hidden , said they could not be sure that the original trial jury would have reached the same verdict if it had heard evidence which had since come to light . |
| 11 | Had he worried about the possibility of atomic warfare when he was attempting to split the atom , he would never have gone on ; and we would have lost the many benefits nuclear physics has given us , such as freely available power and treatment of disease . |
| 12 | This not only involves a mutual understanding of the common-sense notions in everyday life about what counts as an excuse , it requires that constables put themselves in the position of the offender to test whether they would have done the same . |
| 13 | It eventually emerged , after dogged questioning in parliament , that the PSA would have done the same job for £1,500 . |
| 14 | After all she was her friend and she was in no doubt that had the positions been reversed Maggie would have done the same . |
| 15 | ‘ You would have done the same for me , ’ he replied . |
| 16 | ‘ Anyone in her shoes would have done the same thing . ’ |
| 17 | He would have done the same — in those days . |
| 18 | Earlier Mr Garber told the tribunal : ‘ If a male member of staff belonged to the Chippendales and brought in photos I would have done the same . ’ |
| 19 | Ten years earlier no Company official would have done much about this , and even in 1757 not many officials would have done the same as Clive : he joined the conspiracy against Siraj-ud-Daula , led his little army of 3,000 men against the Bengal army of 60,000 , committed his troops beyond hope of withdrawal by crossing the Hughli ( the lesser Ganges ) , and on 23 June 1757 held them steady at the battle of Plassey . |
| 20 | But it was hypocritical sarcasm because she knew she would have done the same as him . |
| 21 | He would have done the same in her position if he had to appear at a press conference — appearance was important to Dexter . |
| 22 | Viol had made himself obvious today ; and presumably he would have done the same on other occasions . |
| 23 | So they er would have done the same thing in those days , the children , and erm it fitted in to the easter holiday time to have the actual ploughing match , you see ? |
| 24 | ‘ Anyone would have done the same , under the circs . |
| 25 | ‘ I would have done the same . |
| 26 | You would have done the same for me . ’ |
| 27 | That 's right and he , we would have done the same if we 'd have found six men in there , er they all would have been secured until such time as I was happy that the the flat was clear . |
| 28 | You would have done the same if you 'd known . ’ |
| 29 | Almost immediately , Juliet realised that she would have done the same , if she 'd felt desperate . |
| 30 | ‘ Anyone would have done the same . ’ |