Example sentences of "i would have [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I says if I 'd 've wanted a slice of fat and I 'd 've want burnt tomatoes I says I would 've ordered them . |
2 | Five frilly nightdresses straight from mail-order , their labels still attached — I 'd 've nicked a couple only I did n't know what disease they might be carrying . |
3 | Sometimes , I 'd have to take a turn if someone failed to arrive , enthroning myself at the green baize table and stuffing myself with shrimp rolls and pickles , me , the killer who 'd lived on bugs . |
4 | In any case , with the church deserted it would be quite safe I felt certain — provided there were no more nasty shocks , I 'd have to take a chance on that — to descend . |
5 | Oh yeah well er well wo I 'd take a pay cut because erm well I 'd have to take a pay cut anyway , but the thing is though , with my pension with my pension from day one I ai n't gon na be too bad off anyway . |
6 | I 'd have felt a lot happier . ’ |
7 | If I really had to spend a long time hurting someone slowly , I 'd have to use a blindfold : them or me , one of us would have to have their eyes hidden . |
8 | ‘ Do you really believe I 'd have blown a career I loved just to get even with you for something that happened ten years ago ? |
9 | Head of Department : ‘ Yes , I 'd have liked a deputy Head of House , without increment … disappointed over that . ’ |
10 | I 'd have liked a job but you could n't , because the men had to be looked after , you just had to be there . |
11 | I 'd have liked a lamb . |
12 | Yeah it says , I read the thing and it says I have n't got ta let them in unless they 've got a warrant so the first time they come they would n't have a warrant , surely , so they 're gon na have to go away and get a warrant and in that time then I 'd have to get a licence would n't I ? |
13 | Re Reg er er , er say we had er say , twenty ton o twenty ton of oats come in and we soon used them up before the next lot , I 'll start on the next lot he , the sample man 'd come in , you know , sample in come them oats he 'd come up perhaps , when they come in , check the first two or three sacks with me , you see , and then I 'd have to get a rubber get a bowl full of oats , bowl full of whole oats put into the rubber , see and get a bowl full of whole and put them through the crusher and crush the main , like , you know , like we used to have , just squeeze them , you know crack them |
14 | I 'd have to have a laugh about it … could n't resist a comment . |
15 | No , I 'd have to have a radiator fitted and da you have to have that pump on , so I mean pump 'd gone all out of |
16 | ‘ If I 'd thought we were going on a lecture tour , I 'd have brought a notepad and a lunchbox . |
17 | And I reckon Sunday I 'd have got a lift home . |
18 | I mean I , it 's no good me husbands to look af , I I this is my second husband but er with my first husband er I I sort of erm if it 's been left to him , God bless him , he 's dead now but if it 'd been left to him I 'd have had a houseful of children you know . |
19 | If I 'd had my nailfile with me I 'd have had a go at it . |
20 | I 'd been paying tax and national insurance for 12 years before I found myself having to make a claim and if I 'd been putting the money in a building society I 'd have had a lot more than I eventually got out of them . ’ |
21 | ‘ I 'd have had a job , ’ said Simon . |
22 | ‘ You should have let me know you were coming earlier , I 'd have had a car waiting at the airport for you . ’ |
23 | I 'd have to dig a quarter of an acre . |
24 | Otherwise I 'd have put a brick through your window . |
25 | ‘ I 'd have to keep a promise . ’ |
26 | ‘ I 'd have married a boatman to get out . ’ |
27 | When I was told that I 'd have to share a kitchen and bathroom with strangers I could n't help thinking how this would astound the people at home , how they would snort with laughter at the idea that this could really happen in England , mother of civilization . |
28 | ‘ I 'd have preferred a bottle of Chardonnay to be quite honest , but that did the job . ’ |
29 | I 'd have preferred a book that told a few truths , or even a few lies . |
30 | I know Everton are crap , ordinarily I 'd have predicted a Leeds win , but with the toffees loosing 3–0 at home on Saturday to QPR they will be doubly determined to get a result of some sort . |