Example sentences of "would have thought [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would have thought a photographer came prepared with much film , ’ Felipe grated , not all pleased to be spoken to like this . |
| 2 | Somebody er to whom the erm er er matters could be referred er whom er could remove trustees er who are er not acting in er the best interests er of the fund erm to whom er I understand that the erm beneficiaries could er appeal if they felt that their fund was being erm used i in the wrong way which is something that we have n't got at the moment erm I mean just going very , very briefly back to the question that you asked erm about this how would you stop what 's happen happening is by having , we would have thought a pensioner trustee , because even the question has been asked how did it get through the union trustees and the answer is that most of them are employed , and they are looking over their shoulder because jobs are going and redundancies are being made . |
| 3 | Erm I mean just going very , very briefly back to the question that you asked erm about this how would you stop what 's happen happening is by having , we would have thought a pensioner trustee , because even the question has been asked how did it get through the union trustees , and the answer that most of them are employed and they are looking over their shoulder because jobs are going , redundancies are being made , you 've got a pensioner employee er a pensioner trustee on there , and they 're not looking over their shoulder for their job , they are going to do the job of a trustee and watch the fund and they would then be able to go to the regulator if they saw something that was amiss , but if somebody is employed by the firm might be very worried about doing because they 're more bothered about keeping their job . |
| 4 | In a week or so you would have thought a crowd of angels had wafted in from putney singing my name and crying ‘ Hosanna ! ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I would have thought a family would have been only too glad to get an unmarried daughter off its hands . ’ |
| 7 | She would have thought a woman would have died of shame . |
| 8 | Erm but I think I think certainly I would have thought a place like Reading probably half their people set the exams anyway so |
| 9 | I would have thought the UK hotelier would have nothing to fear from a European directive , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Devoid of animation , lacking the divine spirit of life , if he had not been a priest she would have thought the expression petulant , the top lip folded over the lower one in resentment and self-pity . |
| 11 | I would have thought the Russians just about got ahead on a points average with that one . ’ |
| 12 | In fact , she did possess mettle , though going round alone in the jeep was — I believe — just feminine carelessness , like the terrible state she 'd leave her room in for her maid : powder everywhere , pink for face , white for body ; her long , strong , glossy hairs in the sink , so you would have thought the orang-utan had been availing himself of the facilities and not a pretty young woman of thirty-one . |
| 13 | Robert Hughes , Aberdeen North , said : ‘ I would have thought the Chancellor would be desperate to get some extra revenue . |
| 14 | ‘ I would have thought the Royals would have been warned by their security people that on no account should they use mobile phones for sensitive information because they are not secure . |
| 15 | I would have thought the horizon would have been black with converging vessels by this time . ’ |
| 16 | I would have thought the threat that you 're not going to get on because you 've had a crap appraisal would be fairly significant and I think that most branch managers |
| 17 | ‘ But I would have thought the role called for a mature lead . |
| 18 | John Wesley was a reluctant convert to open-air preaching — " I would have thought the saving of souls almost a sin , if it had not been done in a church " — but at Bristol in 1739 he followed the example of George Whitefield and " submitted to be more vile , and proclaimed in the highways the glad tidings of salvation " . |
| 19 | ‘ I would have thought the Department of Transport could at least have told us what was happening . ’ |
| 20 | You would have thought The Woman In Black would n't have stood a ghost of a chance of survival with just two actors , a simple set and some offstage sound effects going for it . |
| 21 | I would have thought the community |
| 22 | One would have thought the agreement could be reached easily on that matter . |
| 23 | I would have thought the labour market conditions are also a vital ingredient if profitability is to be passed on or shared out in higher wages . |
| 24 | I would have thought the tulip that went in the er coal scuttle the tulips in the cauldron I thought they 'd had it , they were lying down completely . |
| 25 | Sadly , experience suggests that most doctors would have thought the booklet to be just more advertising for Opren and thrown it straight into their wastepaper basket , unless the representative drew particular attention to the studies in question . |