Example sentences of "would have [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example then all of you do the inimitable NMTs and would 've lost a mark , the real thing is when you 've got a time clause stop , think and really focus on this meaning of the verb in the time clause , right ? |
| 2 | It would 've saved a lot of agonizing . ’ |
| 3 | The controls are slow and unresponsive — let's face it , with the amount of platform beat-'em-ups around you 'd have thought the programmers would 've given a bit more care and attention to this aspect , not to mention the graphics , presentation … the game in general really . |
| 4 | ‘ Had that not happened we would 've had a lot more people at the rally . |
| 5 | ‘ I would 've hired a pro , ’ Dwayne says . |
| 6 | And I think in a way absolute equality would 've provided a problem in terms of both paving the way for industrialization because you would have created a subsistence economy and that would not have helped anybody . |
| 7 | If I could 've chosen I would 've got a girl more sophisticated , talk awhile , have a few drinks then screw . |
| 8 | I would 've , me brother and I would 've got a pub in erm excuse me asking these questions because it 's a bit vague , you know |
| 9 | Somebody would 've put a match to it and set it on fire , we would have got money for going to deal with it . |
| 10 | In its original form , it would have involved a cost to the British taxpayer , to the Government and to employers of up to £500 million . |
| 11 | The judge said , the men 's defence would have involved a re-examination of the events of nineteen seventy four . |
| 12 | More than that , it would have constituted a breach of rules of respect for elders , a denial of social hierarchy inculcated throughout infancy , boyhood , schooldays . |
| 13 | The detractors say they are relative newcomers who would have constituted a gamble . |
| 14 | Politeness and kindness would have constituted a refusal . |
| 15 | In the following years , he would have undertaken a vision quest similar to that described by the Nez Perce warrior Yellow Wolf : |
| 16 | Even the most heavy-weight scientists , snobbish to the end about their colleagues , would have accepted a Nobel prize winner of Blackett 's stature . |
| 17 | He would have applied a multiplier of 12 . |
| 18 | Those preferring to have them collected , or to take or send them individually , were mostly older people , and people in lower socio-economic groups , and people who — when they were talking about being so short of money that they would have to arrange a loan — thought in terms of a relatively small amount of money . |
| 19 | I had got so used to the straight criss-crossing North-South , East-West roads of most American cities that I would have to acquire a taste for the more complex and possibly much more fascinating spread of London lanes . |
| 20 | However , it seems unlikely that the British parent did not back Mr Nathan 's proposal , which would have secured a price for Imigran similar to that in Britain . |
| 21 | In March 1986 , the Iranians wanted Phoenix missiles ; in October they wanted 100 Howitzers plus 500 barrels , for which , as Cave told them , any country in the world would have to open a production line . |
| 22 | If our Lord had been resurrected only as a spirit it would have signified a victory over the spiritual world but the fact that it was a physical resurrection shows his sovereignty over history and the created world . |
| 23 | The procession takes place whatever the weather but Mr Cecil Hitch thought one year they would have to call a halt because of the terrible conditions . |
| 24 | In this predominantly part-time area only 47% of wives would have tackled an emergency themselves yet 74% indicated a desire to be able to do more on the farm . |
| 25 | I sound like Piers , she thought suddenly , when a few months ago I would have giggled a bit at a remark like that . |
| 26 | But to attract the funds needed to capitalize , NoS would have to persuade a merchant bank to sponsor it , which would inevitably lead to confrontation over the Right-On organizational principles on which the project was based . |
| 27 | Without the miniaturization that they bring , the powerful personal computer of today would have remained an impossibility . |
| 28 | " If I 'd wanted to spend over five hours on the golf course I would have become a greenkeeper and not a professional golfer . " |
| 29 | I thought that , in spite of the noise of the birds , I would have heard a hammer going down there along the cliffs . |
| 30 | Would have abashed a storm-trooper . |