Example sentences of "would have [vb pp] i [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ They 'd 've let me know , ’ he said , picking up another splinter of pheasant . |
2 | ‘ Jake 'd have wanted me to see her right ; but she 'll never take a penny piece off me … ’ |
3 | It was the sort of thing I 'd have done I suppose if I 'd had the chance . |
4 | ‘ And if you thought you could pin it on me , you 'd have had me cautioned and the bracelets on by now , ’ I said bravely . |
5 | ‘ If I said to you , ’ replies Anya wearily , ‘ that I wanted you to stop what you were doing , stop everything , and drive miles and miles , into the back of beyond , just to be with me , you 'd have told me to piss off . ’ |
6 | Well I 'd have thought I du n no ! |
7 | To judge by your face , you 'd have thought I 'd just been sentenced to hang , not thrown a lifeline . ’ |
8 | Or she 'd have let me know . |
9 | If you 'd have let me know I could have |
10 | Perhaps you 'd have let me know we could have gone for a beer . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Which would 've enabled me to rush , up there , but I did n't . |
13 | Given its urgency , I am surprised that the hon. Gentleman did not write to me about such a detailed case , which would have enabled me to deal with it earlier . |
14 | Had they bothered to look in on that Standing Committee , they would have heard me make it clear that the Government will be working in co-operation with our European Community colleagues to find a way of reducing carbon dioxide emissions effectively . |
15 | If he had , he would have heard me say that it was for the Attorney-General to enforce the law , not the Government . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | But once again John would have heard I hope something different on the phone . |
18 | If the hon. Gentleman had wanted a detailed comment on it , he would have invited me to look at it before he asked his question . |
19 | I felt that this was what Leslie would have wanted me to do , for he always cared greatly about the welfare of his men . |
20 | ‘ I only hope I did everything Sally would have wanted me to do . |
21 | She helped me as well and when I saw you were ill I did for you what she would have wanted me to do . ’ |
22 | My sister , who has always been better off than us , has suggested that I should go abroad with her this year , and says I have no excuse because I have the money and that is what our mother would have wanted me to do with it . |
23 | I 'm sure your father would have wanted me to tell you . |
24 | ‘ I 'm not sure he would have wanted me to have anything else . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | During a week 's stay under the ranges I made daily visits to this rich arboretum , which would have served me to investigate until this time without exhausting its treasures ; but , alas ! our provisions failing , we were obliged to re-trace our steps . ’ |
27 | A desperate mix of pride and masochism would have kept me wallowing around until dark , but I was forcefully persuaded to call it a day . |
28 | I paid three times what it would have cost me to make it ! |
29 | ‘ It would have saved me getting my shorts and T-shirt wet ! ’ |
30 | ‘ In the good old days David Owen would have asked me to join him ’ |