Example sentences of "would have [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ted thought we 'd have made short work of a mere hundred thousand Hun . |
| 2 | It would mean that we 'd have to continue this charade in the future . ’ |
| 3 | So then they 'd have to call another van . |
| 4 | ‘ Surely with all the talk of a madman she 'd have volunteered any information the moment Channing crossed the threshold ? ’ |
| 5 | If she could buy some make-up after the X-ray expedition the discolouration would be hardly noticeable — only she 'd have to borrow some money from Penry , she realised , frowning . |
| 6 | No I er I said er if I 'd have kept that postcard it there were his address on you see I could have f I could have found him , but no . |
| 7 | I think we 'd have to ignore that allowance |
| 8 | I was beginning to think I 'd have to drink this coffee . ’ |
| 9 | But I mean they actually do work , er ten percent gross yield and erm if you asked me to explain how they get the ten percent , I 'd have to use some notes they gave to me cos it 's , cos it 's complicated , but they use derivatives , and they buy in er in the shares and options market , and erm the company I 'm thinking of actually own the shares , but you take options on them , and they take commission on the options , they also take dividends , er and by the time you 've read the , the , the spiel , it sounds a bit like you 've fitted all these petrol savers to your car and you 're driving to Nottingham , and the tank overflows , it 's that sort of |
| 10 | The new operating systems have n't been recompiled for Intel 's Pentium — SCO says it 'd have to support two product lines otherwise — and sales on 80386 platforms still make up half its business . |
| 11 | I started working out how I 'd have answered that Julius Caesar question . |
| 12 | When he 'd switched the plates he 'd have to give some thought to ways of raising a little cash to live on . |
| 13 | I 'm afraid I 'd have to rewire this guitar in a more commonsense manner , so the toggle switch points towards the set of controls in use ( that 's the key , I think ) , and also so that the volumes sit fore and the tones aft , the way Gibsons and Fenders do . |
| 14 | He paused and with a shifty , fidgety look , said , ‘ D' you know what Hatton 'd have done that Saturday if he had n't been killed ? |
| 15 | I said , ‘ If you 'd told me that while I was in the pool , you 'd have seen another miracle walking on the water ! ’ |
| 16 | Actually , I missed some good ones in the couple of days ' holiday I took ; if I 'd just bothered to look at a single fucking news-stand after I left Stromeferry I 'd have seen this story starting to break about this guy — ‘ The Red panther ’ the tabloids decided on eventually — murdering these right-leaning pillars of the community . |
| 17 | If I 'd have took that icing off that cake was as moist as anything , I could have re-marzipanned that |
| 18 | remember that just a few weeks ago that you were de , almost denying that we 'd have to do this sort of thing ! |
| 19 | She 'd have given both arms to have avoided even meeting the blasted man . |
| 20 | he 'd have missed this morning 's siesta |
| 21 | I hoped you 'd have unloaded that crate . ’ |
| 22 | I reckon he 'd have scored more goals then than he has now . |
| 23 | Do n't you see , if I 'd known what she was really planning , I 'd have asked more questions ? |
| 24 | but if he had sent him to the eye hospital he 'd have waited two years . |
| 25 | She 'd have to lose some weight , of course , and then maybe buy some new sexy underwear … |
| 26 | If I 'd become known as the Man In The Pyjamas , I 'd have to wear those pyjamas for the rest of my life ! |
| 27 | And you 're your graph paper few metres long , or you 'd have to cramp this scale up quite a bit bring it closer together . |
| 28 | I thought you 'd have liked that cheese and egg pie ? |
| 29 | They 'd have had four times more FAKINTIL deserters if they 'd shown as little as a quarter extra clemency . |
| 30 | So erm so we decided I wish we 'd have had erm I wish sometimes we 'd have had that radiator on that wall . |