Example sentences of "[pers pn] would have [verb] i " in BNC.
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1 | If I wore those track braces I would 've had I would n't have been able to clean my teeth properly |
2 | If a pollster had approached me in the run-up to the election , I would have said I was voting Lib-Dem , because I had a sincere intention of doing so . |
3 | ‘ If a sport offered me 12 hours free , I would have to say I have nowhere to put it , ’ Bromley admits . |
4 | ‘ You are the last woman I would have thought I would want — you 're everything I despise , but you 're in danger of becoming an obsession and there 's only one way to deal with it : we 'll make love until we 're sated with each other , then we 'll both be free to go our separate ways and forget we ever met . ’ |
5 | I would have thought I 've washed and ironed every single one of your T-shirts there ! |
6 | There who are they on about three four three four three four to call it 's er a very public figure very public you 're bound to have heard of him you 've probably seen him as well I would have thought I would have thought so as some stage picture always in the paper there as well you know nice big swanky car too . |
7 | She helped me as well and when I saw you were ill I did for you what she would have wanted me to do . ’ |
8 | I had been wept on by so many boyfriends that , had Home Sister known , she would have warned me of the dangers of pneumonia every time I went out on a date . |
9 | She had been a mother of sons only and I think now that she would have liked me to call her mother ; but then , such an idea never entered my head . |
10 | Without realizing I was lucky that her hands were stuck in the dough she w she would have given me a thick ear you know for for for doing that . |
11 | She would have seen me the week before ; and this time , have heard my arrival and tried to catch a glimpse of me — that explained the old man 's quick looks past me , and perhaps some of his nervous strangeness . |
12 | My hon. Friend is a charming relative newcomer to this place and we are delighted that she is here , but if she had been here as long as I have — getting on for 18 years now — she would have heard me banging on about exactly that point . |
13 | She would have written me off as a time-wasting nut . |
14 | I think she would have preferred me to stay . |
15 | I contacted my social worker and told her that I could not stay at this place and that she would have to find me a Cheshire Home . |
16 | She would have told me . |
17 | Eddie shook her head and added wistfully , ‘ I think she would have told me . ’ |
18 | ‘ If you had been , I guess , she would have told me . ’ |
19 | I do n't think she would have told me a , a lie . |
20 | She would have passed me by a few feet , perhaps not noticing me . |
21 | I was arguing about the principle , that er , I mean , the lady who came to clean for me , was a nursing auxiliary , and if I 'd had rheumatism , she would have bathed me , and done sort of thing as well . |
22 | Now that would not be what one would expect er two months ago if I 'd said well look you know that 's that 's what the revolution 's gon na bring about you would 've said I do n't believe you . |
23 | Blink and you would have missed me , ’ said Mrs Lamport . |
24 | Because you would have tied me up . ’ |
25 | How you would have despised me ! |
26 | ‘ You would have contacted me in England ? ’ |
27 | Oh yes , you would have told me , in a way , but I stopped you , I remember ! ’ |
28 | I wish you would have told me about it . |
29 | ‘ If I had a bit more pay , he would let me come to you , you would have to keep me in grub if I was an apprentice would n't you ? |
30 | You would have thought I was under arrest . ’ |