Example sentences of "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 I mean I thought you 'd 've made a note about oh I must come back to that later
3 ‘ If she had half an ounce of sense , ’ she said , ‘ she 'd 've put a lock on this thing . ’
4 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 .
5 They should have rushed back here , started up the engines and dashed out to sea , and we 'd have sent a police launch or the local equivalent of the Customs and Excise after them . ’
6 She 'd have to take a drink of water .
7 You 'd have to take a half of it .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Right , we 'd have to take a look at that cos I suspect that if he says each is coloured by the host
11 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 .
12 ‘ He was last year about now but Easter 's late , I had n't thought on , and he 'll not move down until Palm Sunday like as not , and if he 's still over on the mountain he 'll be up Three Valleys Pass and that 's an hour and a half of a walk for him , going as the crow flies , but longer for us in the jeep because there 's no direct road — and then to get at him we 'd have to take a cart track that 'll be more like a river bed after yesterday 's rain .
13 They 'd have made a fortune !
14 If you 'd have made a story up that 's it something else , I wo I would n't have known it 's running .
15 If she had wanted to stay she 'd have made a song and dance , but it was better to move .
16 Normally , she 'd have made a fuss about those things , but today it did n't seem to matter somehow .
17 But now you 'll never know whether he 'd have made a move or not , will you ?
18 If she 'd jumped into the water she 'd have made a splash . ’
19 I 'd have felt a lot happier . ’
20 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 .
21 When I had spare time , but if you 'd If it was decent weather you 'd have to give a hand in the garden at home you see ?
22 ‘ 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 ?
23 How many of these locks do you think you 'd have done a day of the cylinder lock ?
24 He 'd have done a par about the lead in his pencil if you 'd asked him — a stick and a half — a column — whatever you needed ; and all of it full of wit and erudition . ’
25 But I think if er if he 'd have had a firm 's input , that wanted something designing , he 'd he 'd have done a lot better .
26 Erm but I do n't think we , if we 'd have done a lot more work you know , it 'd have been any better .
27 Erm no , we 'd have to arrange a hire cot and things like that .
28 ‘ Did n't you warn Jones that he 'd have to wait a while ? ’
29 You know , like they 'd have to put a bit of a twist in it I suppose .
30 She kept trying to trample them , slam the door , but he kept kicking it back open and sooner or later she 'd have to put a name to her feelings , and she was afraid , so afraid , that the name was love … but it must n't be , she thought savagely ; it ca n't be .
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