Example sentences of "would have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | The streets may not have been nearly so safe as nostalgia for ‘ Old England ’ suggests , but it is likely that if working-class youths had been firing off guns throughout London , then we would have heard a little bit more about the matter . |
| 32 | If the hon. Gentleman had participated in our debates in Committee , he would have heard a wide range of differing views and opinions expressed by the various parties in Northern Ireland — and , to some extent , by people within the same party . |
| 33 | Would have abashed a storm-trooper . |
| 34 | Had he been charged with the more serious offence of causing death by reckless driving , he would have faced a Crown court and a jail sentence of up to five years . |
| 35 | If he had said his authority came from God , he would have faced a charge of blasphemy . |
| 36 | Gascoigne and his colleagues would have faced a fierce backlash had Lazio lost to bitter local rivals Roma in the Olympic Stadium . |
| 37 | Gooch would have faced a maximum 10-year jail sentence if he had been charged with causing death by dangerous driving — a new offence introduced in April . |
| 38 | Given the rambling terms of reference , and the clash of opinion between its members as to how they should be interpreted , the Commission would have faced a bumpy ride at the best of times . |
| 39 | Had Woolwich failed in those proceedings , it would have faced a bill for interest , which would not have been deductible for tax purposes , in an amount far exceeding the net return which Woolwich could have obtained from investing the money withheld . |
| 40 | Had Woolwich failed in those proceedings , it would have faced a bill for interest , which would not have been deductible for tax purposes , in an amount far exceeding the net return which Woolwich could have obtained from investing the money withheld . |
| 41 | He told Gambrill he would have faced a prison sentence but for mitigating circumstances . |
| 42 | The judge told Gambrill he would have faced a prison sentence , but for mitigating circumstances . |
| 43 | Cameron would have faced a High Court sentence had it not been for his good record , the sheriff added . |
| 44 | In terms of the Midlands ' representation in the Premier League the game was wasted as Notts County 's victory is unlikely to save them while the three points would have gone a long way to ensuring Coventry 's place . |
| 45 | The mayor also outlined plans which , if implemented , would have gone a long way towards mopping up the demand for houses in Derry . |
| 46 | Even broken sets can fetch large sums , and a complete bound run is likely to cost the buyer anything up to £4,000 , which would have gone a long way to paying Ackermann 's army of workmen . |
| 47 | Along with the products would have gone a lot more of the people than USL cut loose right before it got bought . |
| 48 | It would have ended a fantastic year on a bitter note and I did n't want that . ’ |
| 49 | The proposal would have ended a system of low taxation on land sales which had helped fuel a property boom since the late 1980s . |
| 50 | The pain would have killed a lesser being but Aenarion had passed through the fire of Asuryan and agony could not slow him . |
| 51 | The words were propelled at them like stones from a sling : a direct hit would have killed a bear . |
| 52 | Bridget Riley had no intention of either presenting an account of Poussin 's aims and procedures , or of demonstrating Veronese 's debts to his predecessors in Venetian art , as a historian would have felt a duty to do . |
| 53 | Unit holders would have felt a sense of reassurance if the management and the trustees had written promptly to tell them that their units had been suspended . |
| 54 | Unit holders would have felt a sense of reassurance if the management and the trustees had written promptly to tell them that their units had been suspended . |
| 55 | By this time Charlotte would have felt a shock of surprise at ever finding that young man where he was supposed to be . |
| 56 | I might as well have had that shower , she thought drily ; at least I would have felt a hundred times more human . |
| 57 | But the second perspective is that the rent review clause is the landlord 's price for the grant of a long term , in the absence of which he would have granted a shorter term . |
| 58 | Lord Justice Dillon disagreed and said he would have granted a declaration that the UK was in breach of its obligations under the Treaty of Rome and European law . |
| 59 | Modern archaeology shows that prehistoric societies were complex , though even without this it should have been obvious that only an essentially stable and intelligent society would have constructed a structure such as the Neolithic henge at Avebury and its complex could not have been constructed over such a span of time ; involving as it did the excavation of a quarter of a million tonnes of chalk and the transportation and erection of hundreds of stones weighing up to about 50 tonnes each . |
| 60 | It seemed unlikely they would have placed a bomb so close to Livingstone Manor , but it was better to be sure than dead . |