Example sentences of "would [verb] made a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos I think he would have made a bit of difference up front there wi er er cos they would have the defence |
| 2 | Sondra Locke never would have made a Forces ' pin-up but that did n't deter Clint Eastwood from turning her into a star with lotsa spunk — and they were off-screen lovers — although he could have had his pick of ‘ beautiful broads ’ . |
| 3 | He contrasted this approach with the methods of the best Russian and German directors , who almost certainly would have made a film in which the characters were less important than the system they would be condemning . |
| 4 | And Tim ever since has been going , ‘ If only I could be a cockney , Dennis , I would have made a fortune like you . ’ |
| 5 | " He would have made a fortune if . " |
| 6 | ‘ Quite right , sugar-plum , ’ Mr Wormwood said , casting a look of such simpering sloppiness at his wife it would have made a cat sick . |
| 7 | They looked about ten , with long hair , both so brown and handsome I could have hugged them ; if I were a woman I would have made a date with them for ten years ' time . |
| 8 | The danger is if Mr X had entered into that transaction partly with a view to avoiding tax then the entire gross income without any deduction for trustee expenses and indeed ( in strictness ) for the payments of interest under the loan will be taxed upon Mr X. He would have made a transfer of an asset . |
| 9 | Most outstanding orders were completed , but two Extra Large Bloomers were cancelled , which would have made a total of five of that class . |
| 10 | Mrs Gotobed would have made a Will and Hepzibah and Mister Johnny would be safe in Druid 's Bottom for ever and ever … |
| 11 | It would seem that Miller can not have been on amicable terms with the gardeners there , otherwise he would have made a point of a visit then . |
| 12 | The place has all the appropriate externals , chimneys choked with ivy , windows with jasmine , worm-eaten shutters , mossy thatch , all of which ‘ under the quiet light of a sky marbled with high clouds would have made a sort of picture which we have all passed over as a ‘ charming bit ’ , touching other sensibilities than those which are stirred by the depression of the agricultural interest , with the sad lack of farming capital , as seen constantly in the newspapers of that time ’ . |
| 13 | If he 'd left it Mrs Blakey would have made a fuss , she 'd have wanted to take his temperature , she 'd have asked questions he could n't answer . |
| 14 | I returned to London and the Prime Minister made clear what I had always known , that , had he not been stricken down , he would have made a speech on the Saturday at Blackpool saying that he was going on . |
| 15 | At the start of the second half United tried a charge … a goal would have made a game of it … skipper Andy Melville came close with a header but you had the feeling that Villa were always in control … |
| 16 | Not , in truth , that she expected any , important or otherwise , but it would have made a difference to the day . |
| 17 | Five miles would have made a difference . |
| 18 | For one thing , there would be problems in establishing causation : showing that steps that a more energetic management might have taken would have made a difference to the company 's position would involve an assessment of complex and often imponderable factors . |
| 19 | The objections to assessing whether the hearing would have made a difference are not confined to those expressed by Megarry J. A superior court in the context of review is not in a good position to calculate whether a hearing would have made a difference , and to do so could well leave the individual with the feeling that he has not been afforded any opportunity of controverting the public body 's view . |
| 20 | The objections to assessing whether the hearing would have made a difference are not confined to those expressed by Megarry J. A superior court in the context of review is not in a good position to calculate whether a hearing would have made a difference , and to do so could well leave the individual with the feeling that he has not been afforded any opportunity of controverting the public body 's view . |
| 21 | Where review is based upon procedural grounds the applicability of such procedural protection should not be placed in jeopardy by the court second guessing whether a hearing would have made a difference . |
| 22 | ‘ It would have made a difference in the disposition of that part of the estate which had n't been given away . |
| 23 | She had enclosed patterns and detailed instructions , and while she hoped , for the sake of appearance at the wedding , that the children 's clothes would be properly cut and fitted , she also hoped that between them Cynthia and her dressmaker would have made a pig 's ear of the business . |