Example sentences of "[conj] we 'd have a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms
2 took me a lot of years before I could and I was so pleased when once I was able to say to you I 've Ben had been in the shop and we 'd had a chat had n't we ?
3 one and we 'd had a chat for a long , long time and I said to him afterwards , I was able to understand everything he said !
4 Cos we 'd had a recce by then and had a look round and you see .
5 If we 'd had a row .
6 If we 'd had a church wedding , she 'd have done the white-lace-and-trimmings bit , the full veil-and-trail number .
7 Yeah I realize that but the thing is if we 'd had a phone call to say look , we 're going to be this late ,
8 If we 'd had a child there would have been movement ; we 'd have watched him growing up , seen him change , worried about his schooling , and so on .
9 They are reputed to have said , ‘ If we 'd had a telegram like that , we 'd have gone to the moon . ’
10 If we 'd had a boom economy over the last five years , the Stock Exchange would never have thought of phasing out the USM . ’
11 That kind of hurt because we 'd had a relationship for nine years .
12 So serene , in fact , that after we 'd had a meal at the bungalow and a few drinks my mother did something she 'd never done before .
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