Example sentences of "if you 'd [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Yet it 's a theory without logic : if you 'd just had an Austin Utterly Dependable break down and fall to bits , would you really want another one ?
2 If you 'd just offered to come , ’ I wrote , ‘ that would have been enough . ’
3 ‘ Odd place to be , if you 'd just got rid of a baby . ’
4 ‘ Not at all as if you 'd just dismounted from a horse .
5 Yeah , well tell him you 'll put him in his diary , I I would have thought if you 'd just sent him the notes to each meeting he would come if he would , if he could , and if he ca n't , he ca n't .
6 If you 'd just rung from Bryn 's place I could have at least made myself presentable , cariad ! ’
7 But if you 'd also been able to identify me then they would certainly have initiated an investigation .
8 Well you would be would n't you if you 'd nowhere to sleep on the night ?
9 You might have poked the lendri 's eye out for us , if you 'd only known . "
10 If you 'd only told me — ’ she began .
11 ‘ But Ellen , ’ said Bernard , ‘ if you 'd only stuck it another month , you 'd have got your degree and we could have begun to live quite comfortably . ’
12 If you 'd only taken my advice and gone over the other bridge — ’
13 as if you 'd always known
14 There was a Haydnish sonata , a gentle piano tracking up and back in patterns which you could half anticipate even if you 'd never heard the piece before .
15 ‘ Also , if you 'd really been a journalist you 'd have known what a ‘ stringer ’ is .
16 ‘ I only came back because I wanted to take another look at you , to see if you 'd really changed .
17 I mean , if you 'd really done it you 'd have had a story ready to tell the police once the body was discovered . ’
18 ‘ And I 'm sure he would have reciprocated the pleasure , mus , especially if you 'd still been in the same state of undress as you were when I left you .
19 I mean , er FIMBRA can do its regulatory bit , the same as the police can regulate or the , or the government can regulate , but only within certain er parameters , and if somebody really wants to cheat , then they will cheat anyway and er we 've go we 're in a very sophisticated position where the directors of B C C I were able to move money from one continent to another and it meant er it looked as if you 'd actually got money in three separate areas , but in fact there was only one lot and it was being moved rapidly .
20 if you 'd actually made a minus there , ignoring capital allowances , you 'd just made a loss of four hundred pounds , then that loss would be for a year of assessment , and in that year of assessment , it could be set against your salary or pensions for that year a as if it was a personal allowance .
21 Yes , okay , well look if you 'd actually asked me before we started , I could have actually found the number .
22 And people think more of you if you have nice things — as if you 'd once had a ‘ beautiful home ’ , ’ she gave the words a slightly scornful emphasis that made Ianthe feel uncomfortable .
23 If you 'd ever been there you 'd know why . ’
24 If you 'd ever been to a party at the Linleys you 'd understand .
25 I 'm Marty Hunter — ( Marty thought Graham ) — and I just wondered If you 'd ever thought of doing any mob "
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