Example sentences of "would have [verb] [art] lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Along with the products would have gone a lot more of the people than USL cut loose right before it got bought . |
| 2 | A mystery man in her life would have explained a lot . |
| 3 | And as it turned out , private investors in Concorde would have lost a lot of money and minded terribly . |
| 4 | He had functioned in the community , not just in his family up until … you know , with a lung function that would have kept a lot of people in bed , and he was reading , writing — he had published an article shortly before his hospitalization , and he was a very forceful fellow . |
| 5 | A second-hand tractor front axle would have cost a lot more . |
| 6 | When she was hurt she put herself out of reach ; Caro knew that by now , and she would have given a lot to undo the conversation . |
| 7 | ‘ She had already done so much and would have done a lot more . |
| 8 | He would have done a lot better with Speich , but the burly , moustached German did n't look very sentimental . |
| 9 | It would have saved a lot of unnecessary antagonism . ’ |
| 10 | With hindsight it would have saved a lot of heartbreak if he had looked the other way . |
| 11 | ‘ Neither am I , querida , ’ he said slowly , ‘ but I wish that I 'd had those skills in Seville because it would have saved a lot of anguish . |
| 12 | My sister would have eaten the lot , by herself . |
| 13 | The point is , darling , that in order to make sure Huerter has a future , we would have to put a lot of money in to restore a bombed-out balance sheet . |
| 14 | In a larger building , like that in which I work , I would have to store a lot of instructions of the above kind in order to find my way about . |
| 15 | Once Deano/Whelan/Wallace had built up an understanding then the goals would have come a lot easier . |
| 16 | ‘ He would have spent a lot less time on the mountain if he had left a note in his car saying where he was going and when he was due to return . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Until then waves had looked like a pleasant photogenic distraction on television , and not a serious challenge to anything else , ’ Salter recalled , ‘ but getting so close to 5 p/kWh would have rung a lot of alarm bells with people who would feel threatened . ’ |
| 18 | So , that would be Freud 's defence , now , I suppose you would have to know a lot more about modern history , to , to know , if this was really true or not , but erm , the the er , question that Freud was really asking himself , really was , why did Wilson let us down , because Freud admits that he regarded Wilson , when he came to Europe as a saviour . |
| 19 | If we 'd fought that election on the trade union agenda , we would have won a lot more votes than the campaign issues chosen by the professionals . |
| 20 | It would have looked a lot worse if I had n't a proper motive for meeting you in the first place . ’ |
| 21 | she would have to get a lot more fed up and tired with this old , time-frozen body before suicide became a serious alternative . |
| 22 | I think if I 'd been in a Western country I would have had a lot more comeback … |
| 23 | But it would have taken a lot more than the doctor 's understandable caution to dispel the general euphoria . |
| 24 | Well , it would have taken a lot of investment . |
| 25 | He mentioned the Environmental Law Foundation , specifically set up to assist citizens to protect their interests in securing a better environment — I would have thought a lot of people would have been interested in that . |
| 26 | But the ancient world would have found a lot more uses for citrus fruit . |
| 27 | If I was outside I would have got a lot better treatment . |
| 28 | Anyway after Rocky Wilko would have to have a lot of Balls to drop Deane . |