Example sentences of "would [prep] [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why could n't Joe let her sit in the fireside armchair in the living-room so that she 'd at least have company ? |
| 2 | If he had to be shifted to Ireland , why could n't it have been Dublin where he 'd at least have been nearer to Elizabeth and might have managed to hop over to England more often . |
| 3 | I 'd ‘ a thought he 'd at least have the courtesy to send a pony and trap for me instead of expecting an old lady to walk all the way up to Handley Farm on such a frosty morning . ’ |
| 4 | Bonnie grumbled when Seb offered her ale , complaining that him ‘ being from London ’ she thought he 'd at least have a bottle of Holland 's in the house . |
| 5 | If he could prove that it had too much give in it he would at least have a line of defence if he was summoned to court . |
| 6 | This would at least have allowed the dollar banana firms , such as Chiquita , to import as much as they want , and it is not clear how the dollar banana quota is to cope with a possible increase in demand . |
| 7 | This would at least have saved their deposit and left them something to carry on with . |
| 8 | One would have thought that if firms of auditors were as worried by the threat of litigation as they sometimes suggest , then they would at least have availed themselves of this elementary safeguard . |
| 9 | Although it may be too late to gather any more that season , you would at least have a permanent record so you could return in the following year to collect some more . |
| 10 | For instance , if the working class parties of pre-fascist Germany had really represented the class itself , the latter would have been more easily aroused than it in fact was , and the rise of fascism would at least have been a greater struggle . |
| 11 | The poor would at least have a common school with the advantaged in society , enjoy a common programme and though this in itself did not mark equality of outcomes it did secure equality of access . |
| 12 | If these measures had been designed to encourage investment , or to create jobs , they would at least have restored economic growth . |
| 13 | He had called for Etienne some time ago , and was still waiting ; it gratified him to think that he would at least have an excuse to send the stupid pig on ahead of him . |
| 14 | The glum and the cheery would at least have agreed that getting the best artist for one 's pictures was crucial , and some rows , as for instance between Albert Gunther and Francis Day , were over attempts to commandeer an artist . |
| 15 | The breathless warning she would have uttered earlier would at least have had the ring of sincerity , but now she was only too conscious of having to play a part . |
| 16 | We would at least have a butler . ’ |
| 17 | Strach 's looking tired and rocky would at least have been a reasonable replacement , White is more of a winger/ striker than a creative midfield player . |
| 18 | Strach 's looking tired and rocky would at least have been a reasonable replacement , White is more of a winger/ striker than a creative midfield player . |
| 19 | Then she would at least have been able to ask if he was anything to do with Massingham Engineering — and thereby have been prepared this morning . |
| 20 | I , I would have thought , personally , I would have thought he would at least have chosen one from Mission Praise for the benefit of the be for the people who , who like |
| 21 | Had the candidate understood these reasons he would at once have seen that the decision in Att. -Gen . |
| 22 | If Aschmann becomes unable to perform — as a result of your deliberately destructive influence — I would at once have to issue a statement making it plain that from now on I disassociate myself entirely from the Hochhauser Season . ’ |
| 23 | She guessed it was pretty obvious that she had nothing to come back with when , his expression grimmer than ever , ‘ We 'll finish this conversation inside , ’ he clipped , and although Fabia would by far have preferred that he simply hand over her car keys and let her go on her way , she realised that there were some responsibilities in life which you just could n't duck . |
| 24 | If he were not a mere creature of my mind I imagine he would by now have fallen into a dangerous sleep of despair and exhaustion , frozen in a little car outside a small cottage he is too fearful to enter . |
| 25 | Not , miraculously , through any major blood vessels , or I would by now have bled internally to death . |
| 26 | HAD SHE been born 10 years ago , baby Jessica Kelly would by now have spent most of her life in hospital . |
| 27 | The forecasts that every British family would by now have access to a car ( the thinking behind the design of Milton Keynes and other new towns ) were plainly wrong . |
| 28 | According to the conventional wisdom , fusion required great heat and hence could only have happened when the Earth was being formed ; however , if the Earth is five billion years old , all the helium would by now have risen away , yet it was there in amounts suggesting that it had appeared in the atmosphere only recently . |
| 29 | ‘ If this complex had not been bombed by the Zionists in 1981 , then we would by now have the capability for the production of nuclear warheads . |
| 30 | He would by now have left the Bishop , would be crossing the Close to find his car , would know what lay ahead for them both . |