Example sentences of "would [verb] [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No somebody would 've noticed that . |
| 2 | I would 've said that , but last night this meeting said they 'd very much like to see a officer in a car because they do n't see anybody at the moment |
| 3 | I never thought he would — would 've done that . |
| 4 | un unfortunately he has but , you know , and James goes , he goes God that really does n't sound like Sal , I really would n't have thought he would 've done that to you . |
| 5 | It would 've sounded most odd . |
| 6 | B b because I would 've thought that |
| 7 | Well in one they 've got a roof over their head and in the other they have n't , I would 've thought that was a rather major difference . |
| 8 | Because I would 've thought most golf |
| 9 | Now that 's a bit of a surprise to you in the sense that you believed that ten percent of the population owned eighty percent of the land and therefore this , this kind of erm a a attack on , on the rich was happening through the May the fourth directive , that would 've produced enough to bring everybody up to a reasonable middle peasant status . |
| 10 | Now , now it would 've been easier for you , the , the part that you missed out which would have brought all that in to play would have been how much do you want to pay , do you wan na pay a , a small amount over a long time or a big amount over a short time and then that would 've brought that into play . |
| 11 | erm it 's a case of whether I , I would 've expected that , that an analysis of that over a significant period of time w would even out , really . |
| 12 | Looking back , every solo on ‘ Rust In Peace ’ would 've needed another three or four hours ' more work to have satisfied Max , because they 're all in and out of time . |
| 13 | No I would 've forgotten that anyway . |
| 14 | ‘ I would 've found that out this morning . |
| 15 | The increase is slightly less in the case of beverages , which is what one would expect given that wine stocks could service two establishments more easily than food ones . |
| 16 | What we would demand given half a chance : Electro-shock treatment for anyone with home-made tattoos . |
| 17 | If there had been a loose lamp-post in sight I probably would have grabbed that . |
| 18 | But the American economy depended a great deal on mass consumption — and higher wages would have enabled that consumption to continue to increase . |
| 19 | That would have enabled any controversial remark to be edited . |
| 20 | She was dressed simply enough in a brown gown with a lacy ruff round the neck but she would have outshone any queen . |
| 21 | The simplest inquiry by the hon. Gentleman would have ascertained that fact . |
| 22 | I like to think that he would have accepted that art is work , that the work that frees us , and is not just ‘ punishment ’ , is art , and that anyone who uses his imagination is an artist . |
| 23 | Perhaps more of us would have accepted that marriage was not necessarily a licence for eternal happiness if those in the position to influence us — such as agony aunt Marje Proops — had been as honest as Mr and Mrs Toye . |
| 24 | As Arsenal manager and given the importance of this player to the team , I would have accepted that . |
| 25 | John Durnford-Slater would have accepted this sailor 's surrender , but a more angry commando shot the bomber dead . |
| 26 | Well , Dominic would have played more but he could n't get in the blooming team ! |
| 27 | What might be called a conservative legal-constitutionalism is a consistent theme within Tory-Anglican thought throughout our period , even though not all Tory Anglicans would have argued such a position at all times with the same degree of commitment . |
| 28 | A few months before , when she was much younger , she would have screeched this aloud and brought the breakfast table to an uproar , but now she smiled while the coldness took careful and eternal appreciation of the fact that he had been flattered to be asked . |
| 29 | David McCathie fought back from 22–12 down at 17 ends and almost pulled off a five on the last which would have secured another point for Essex but Paul Maynard continued his winning momentum to ensure the overall venue win . |
| 30 | One wonders how he would have versified this set up . |