Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] would [vb infin] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Altogether it lasted a month and but for the neighbours rallying around and taking care of me I would have ended up in hospital . |
| 2 | ‘ If only it had been me I would have flown to the highest tree where they could n't catch me and then , and then into the sky to find the wind . ’ |
| 3 | My mum used to dress me up for church , but if it was up to me I would have wanted to wear something tatty . |
| 4 | That was very early on in my filming if anyone had asked me I would have said ‘ I 'm always on the move , you know I never sit down in a lesson , and I do n't sit down but where I was on the move was in a very limited space so just having the camera at the back on that table , just having it still showed me so much about what was going on in the room and how you use the time … |
| 5 | Yeah you should have told me I would have bought them out with me if you 'd said . |
| 6 | It was only my threat that stopped him because if his hand had touched me I would have walked out of this house that very minute and I would n't have had to go far . |
| 7 | If it had been left to me I would have put him out on the street long ago . |
| 8 | Yes , and erm , I 'm very sorry about it , er , because if they 'd breathalysed me I would have failed as well . |
| 9 | She added : ‘ If I had n't had Steffine with me I would have had a go . |
| 10 | You , my comrade in arms , my friend for whom I would have given my life . ’ |
| 11 | The soup seemed to fail in its purpose , and so did Herman , in whom I would have put my trust . |
| 12 | Speaking on radio the man , whose wife was assaulted , said : ‘ If I had got my hands on them I would have broken their arms . ’ |
| 13 | Well I I would have said on the phone that under normal circumstances if you 're salaried or have been salaried I do n't talk people into this unless they 're a certain age . |
| 14 | But I I would have said somebody like that |
| 15 | I I would have made an oasis , and I would have er tried to achieve a better settlement |
| 16 | I I would have put the apostrophe between the l and the s , but erm , I 'd be prepared to , I 'd be persuaded that it was n't crystal clear . |
| 17 | Erm I I would have thought it would be helpful that if criterion four could be worded in such a way that it it emphasised the need to maximize transport choice . |
| 18 | Erm but I I would have thought that it would have been necessary to examine that sector against all the others before reaching any conclusion as to whether or not i it could be more successfully assimilated into the landscape of that sector as opposed to anywhere else . |
| 19 | In terms of the the A nineteen also I think scores reasonably highly on this criterion , the A nineteen south cos again I I would have thought that it does lend itself to assimilation of a new settlement . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | So you make er you know we 've my I would have explained as much as I can on the phone exactly how we operate . |
| 22 | Someone who would have known she was exceptional and have encouraged her . ’ |
| 23 | Not that I have to make the same choices as someone I acknowledge to be more discriminating , since my differently constituted palate may react differently , but my own choice will be better informed if I heed nuances which I would have missed if he had not pointed them out . |
| 24 | My driving on was not a blind impulse , for I had reasons to stop with which I would have justified myself had I done so , but I discounted them in favour of other reasons for continuing . |
| 25 | There are a few works which I would have loved to have borrowed but which were simply too fragile to travel , and there were works which were prohibited by reasons of the terms under which they were given to a particular collection , the Barnes Foundation , for example . |
| 26 | ‘ There have been a lot of stories recently which I would have handled differently . ’ |
| 27 | Erm beyond two thousand and six , I would have thought the strategic guidance would be in locations other than peripheral expansion around the Greater York area , which I would have suggested would would more than likely be to new settlements . |
| 28 | It was a perfectly serious prophecy , for which I would have paid good money had I gone to one of the Haleiwa psychics . |
| 29 | I can not think of anything that happened that day which I would have wished otherwise . |
| 30 | No , cos I was gon na pay the butchers which I would have had to have changed a note and you said I 'll pay . |