Example sentences of "would have found a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If the Young Pretender had marched into England directly after Prestonpans , which had been fought on 21 September , he would have found a country ill-prepared to resist him , but many of his followers were reluctant to cross the Border .
2 ‘ Floy would have found a way , ’ said Fenella firmly .
3 But armed forces are not known for being bastions of sentiment and it is definitely true that had the SAAF really needed to replace both types , it would have found a way to do so .
4 But the ancient world would have found a lot more uses for citrus fruit .
5 I consider that she would have found a job by early Autumn and therefore the sum must be more than a , nearly a year 's earnings and I assess it at eight thousand pounds .
6 In Susanna Jennens Leapor would have found a woman able to fend for herself in adversity .
7 ‘ Do you reckon Steen would have found a replacement ? ’
8 But even if this had not been the case ( and there was a part of her that still believed that he 'd come that second time to explain , or apologize ) she would have found an excuse for returning to England , just to be out of Marlin 's company .
9 If he 'd met someone and wanted to be unfaithful , he would have found an opportunity and I could n't have stopped him .
10 Outside in London , if he cared to leave the flat , he would have found an atmosphere , an edge , that any man of twenty-five with money in his pocket and an afternoon like that behind him should have delighted in .
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