Example sentences of "i would have [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I would have revised all afternoon . |
| 2 | In normal circumstances I would have written this information off as being about the small Green Swords which come from the Rio Sarabia , but in this case I could not , as the fish concerned had been supplied from Dr Kallman 's laboratory and were correctly named . |
| 3 | I would have said that way . |
| 4 | I would have saved much time and pain if I had paid more attention to how I was racing . |
| 5 | When I saw the potential ability of so many of my opponents and how young so many of them were , I realised that I would have to devote more time to practice than there was in a day just to become a moderate professional . |
| 6 | Had I been called upon to exercise my discretion , I would have given particular consideration to the great disturbance that I have found the residents suffer . |
| 7 | Or I would have to do miserable work like illustrating , or even commercial stuff , to keep the home going . |
| 8 | If I 'd known you was coming I would have done that bit of chicken . |
| 9 | I would have savoured this piece of news with greater relish had I not been booked on BA724 to Geneva at 0845 that morning . |
| 10 | I switched off the tape , realizing that I would have to listen another time to find out what the preacher was really saying . |
| 11 | Here and there I would have liked more intensity in nostalgic song ( not least from the lyrical cello ) and more devil-may-care abandon in the livelier dance episodes . |
| 12 | I would have to lose 10 teaching posts , and several ancillary appointments we 've made to allow teachers to concentrate on teaching . |
| 13 | A little longer and I would have had some difficulty . ’ |
| 14 | Our prisoners are kept safe in the bilboes you were prescient to despatch , and I would have had this Dulay hanged but that he might in death prove a beacon to this same rabble and draw them on to greater reprisals against us , and we are still but few in number . |
| 15 | I do n't really think at that time I would have had enough experience to justify going on the staff . |
| 16 | I would have thought one sticker would be sufficient really . |
| 17 | ‘ For it to be successful , I would have thought some form of power at least to recommend smallish settlements would be a useful aspect … but I would n't envisage the ombudsman as someone dealing with huge claims . ’ |
| 18 | Not many years ago I would have considered this rod as too stiff , robbing me of the enjoyment of feeling and seeing a good fish put a decent bend into it . |
| 19 | It was a perfectly serious prophecy , for which I would have paid good money had I gone to one of the Haleiwa psychics . |
| 20 | said if I would have sold that car next to nothing I would have been done for it |
| 21 | If I 'd been a religious and I would have thanked one god or another for the large number of kilocreds I was soon to collect , which would keep me from any kind of poverty for a long time . |
| 22 | Perhaps you and I would have spent more time together . |
| 23 | I was , as you might imagine , a little taken aback by this request and ordinarily the matter might have been one I would have spent some time pondering . |
| 24 | If I had thought I was going to be Prime Minister , I would have taken more trouble to understand the various theories ’ . |
| 25 | Whether , of course , I would have taken this view were I to have had someone in my squadron who turned LMF is open to question , When I reflect on the young aircrew that I helped to train in 1940 at Kinloss , some 10 years younger than myself , I marvel that the conversation stage was the last stint before they were to confront a highly lethal opponent . |
| 26 | In the past , I would have shared this kind of thing with Nick . |
| 27 | I do not believe they do exist in stillwaters , for I am sure I would have found some evidence of the layer theory during the time I have been catching hundreds of stillwater bream . |
| 28 | I was no longer in Brazil , they said , I was in Bolivia and I would have to show some respect . |
| 29 | I was more surprised than gratified , for without having really considered it I would have expected unsolicited adoration to annoy Nour , to lead to stone-throwing … |
| 30 | I was told I would have to have another operation a month later , but first I had to take a course of male hormones called Danazol . |