Example sentences of "would have [vb pp] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now if you 'd 've told us that last Thursday we 'd 've thought |
| 2 | He 'd have blown it all for nothing . |
| 3 | At least he 'd have given her some decent ponies . ’ |
| 4 | Sometimes he thought that he 'd have liked nothing more than to be like Michael of the tarmac boys , gap-toothed and thick-headed and with no greater concern than that of pissing his money away at a speed roughly equal to that at which he made it , but he had to make do with the hand that he 'd been dealt — thin-skinned and solitary , one of nature 's observers . |
| 5 | ‘ If it had been called hundred and twelve we 'd have had our own lavatory . ’ |
| 6 | Well I 'd have had it all on tape ! |
| 7 | Then we 'd have spent it all . |
| 8 | I 'd have told him all about the breastfeeding and bonding if the Morrisons had n't chosen that moment to arrive on the doorstep with Christopher and Katy who 'd been to Bertelli 's for their weekly dose of colourings , preservatives and sugar . |
| 9 | If he 'd ever met them , he 'd have held his own — and for the joy of it , too , not the reflected glory of association — in the banter with Joe , or Don , or Mo . |
| 10 | If he 'd have taken his time and he 'd have got himself some more work yeah ? |
| 11 | ‘ If I 'd known Kelly could n't come , I 'd have cancelled my own trip . ’ |
| 12 | We 'd have sorted them all out in the tunnel ! ’ |
| 13 | I 'd have brought you some before only I did n't want to interrupt you . ’ |
| 14 | It would 've given us another month to play with at least . |
| 15 | If the figure on the cross had been the last sight of him , we would have heard nothing more of him and there would have been no Church . |
| 16 | Of course if Adam had invited his parents to make themselves at home at Wyvis Hall , use it as a hotel , while he was away , they would have lent him any amount , but that was the last thing Adam would have done . |
| 17 | Had you not I would have lent you some instructional literature — onanism is , you see , terribly important , a most efficacious ritual . |
| 18 | And I was not in the position to show the sternness which would have nipped it all in the bud . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't believe Maurin would have killed her any more than I think he killed Sabine Jourdain . ’ |
| 20 | Or else they would have killed us all , shot us in our beds . |
| 21 | But Guy would have staked his own soul on the fact that Isabel had never lain with a man . |
| 22 | They were n't used to the cheek-by-jowl contact it entailed ; the notion of living in the state of interdependence that bound Dora Lavender and Rose Kettle would have horrified them both . |
| 23 | He did n't seem upset that it was empty and Trent had the feeling that , given the chance , the President would have poured himself another whisky and drunk it for something to do rather than from desire for alcohol . |
| 24 | There was so much to say , and if they 'd been face to face she would have poured it all out , but as it was … |
| 25 | Before the dealers could say Jack Robinson let alone sell their clients out their teamleader would have offloaded his own stock , making a handsome profit for himself . |
| 26 | Huy was still not sure how he would have answered his own question . |
| 27 | No doubt the Duchess , like George Eliot 's readers , would have possessed her own copy of Dorothea 's sourcebook : ‘ I have been examining all the plans for cottages in Loudon 's book , and picked out what seem the best things , ’ she tells Sir James . |
| 28 | John Crabb would have captained it all , had he not been captured ; but other shipmen were eager to lead . |
| 29 | I had rather hoped that the legendary West Highland dilatoriness would have prevented anything much happening for years , but instead the scheme is going ahead fast . |
| 30 | There could only be one reason why Ross — always such a proud and unforgiving man — would have broken his own self-imposed exile and contacted her ; only one reason why he would have brought her back to the quiet privacy of her own apartment . |