Example sentences of "[pers pn] would have [verb] [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd have to take a few hundred and we might get one we both agree on .
2 Sergeant says to her , ‘ If I 'd been there , I 'd have done the same . ’
3 ‘ I 'm sure that in your place I 'd have done the same .
4 I 'd have done the same .
5 I 'd have done the same myself .
6 Well , I could n't go in without him , so I 'd have to do the same .
7 I 'd have thought the same thing would apply to you , ’ she said , evading a direct answer .
8 But time was when I would have said the same of you , ’ he added wryly , and took heart at hearing Hugh laugh , if only briefly and softly .
9 Even to play with a pick I would have to do the same thing , like Phil Lynott did , whereas to play with my fingers in a heavy metal kind of way , as I normally do , I have to have the bass quite low or else my wrist gets mangled up and I start having problems with tendonitis .
10 Earlier Mr Garber told the tribunal : ‘ If a male member of staff belonged to the Chippendales and brought in photos I would have done the same . ’
11 I would have done the same .
12 The very next day , Sunday , I would have to attend the same chapel in its religious function , and the fact that the previous evening it had been a battleground for people who were supposed to be friends and allies , while the ‘ enemy ’ got on with his job uninterrupted outside , led to a more or less permanent confusion in my mind , which I now believe to be totally justified , between violence and religion , and between fact and fancy [ or film ] .
13 If you had told me in advance , I would have prepared a few canapes for your arrival . ’
14 All the same , I doubt very much that when I was in a comparable situation I would have had the same faith and determination that Tom did .
15 He just managed to resist adding , ‘ Yours is twenty , and I would have thought the same went for her too . ’
16 ‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all .
17 As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year .
18 I would have expected no less of you , Alice .
19 Idly I wonder if she 'd have done the same thing had the play been Shakespearean : ‘ Now is the winter of our discontent … but leaving aside discontent for the moment I want you all to put your hands together for good old birthday boy Barry in Box B. All together now , Happy Birthday to you … ’
20 But then , you 'd have said the same about Crippen or Christie , would n't you ?
21 I 'm sure you 'd have done the same if you 'd been in my shoes . ’
22 A game 's a game , but you could have piled me up back there , and then you 'd have had a few questions to answer ! ’
23 But it was hypocritical sarcasm because she knew she would have done the same as him .
24 Almost immediately , Juliet realised that she would have done the same , if she 'd felt desperate .
25 She would have had no such hopes in the old days , when Bill took pleasure in flouting normal expectations , seemed driven to flare up , to " create " as Mrs Orton might put it .
26 If Fen had n't returned by morning she would have to pack a few essentials , lock up the boat and make her way back to Little Kirkton by public transport , and Fen would have achieved his objective — to be rid of her .
27 You would have done the same for me , ’ he replied .
28 You would have done the same for me . ’
29 You would have done the same if you 'd known . ’
30 If I 'd been in Bill 's position I , or if we 'd had been in Bill 's position , we 'd have done the same as well .
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