Example sentences of "i would have [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course we should n't have expected anything , but Mary and I would have felt rich with only a thousand pounds each , and St John would have been able to help so many more poor people ! ’ |
| 2 | I joined her , a bit reluctantly — I would have felt awful not joining in , because I needed it more than she did ! |
| 3 | Nowadays I am inclined to compromise where as once I would have felt confident of victory in a dogs ' confrontation . |
| 4 | Sitting at table with these guests I would have felt uncomfortable even if I had n't robbed my sister . |
| 5 | I would have felt bad all day otherwise . ’ |
| 6 | They are the colour of the leader of the council 's shirt and as such as such I would have said cheap at half the price . |
| 7 | A third noted : ‘ A few years ago I would have said gay or weak , but it 's improving , ’ |
| 8 | Luckily f had friends living locally who came to visit me regularly and I went home every weekend , otherwise I would have gone mad . |
| 9 | This was fortunate , for if he had touched me I think I would have gone mad . |
| 10 | Had I been called upon to exercise my discretion , I would have given particular consideration to the great disturbance that I have found the residents suffer . |
| 11 | Or I would have to do miserable work like illustrating , or even commercial stuff , to keep the home going . |
| 12 | I would have done it' , says Elliott . |
| 13 | Cos in a match if that was in a match cos you 'd have said you 'd have said , fifteen two , fifteen four I would n't have said nothing take four , I would have kept quiet but you do n't do you ? |
| 14 | In the creative arts , ( music making , dance , ceramics , painting , poetry … ) young people are achieving levels of attainment which , as a young teacher , I would have believed impossible . |
| 15 | ‘ I would have had different children . |
| 16 | They had drifted much farther than I would have thought possible . |
| 17 | It finally bit me , twisting its neck more than I would have thought possible and catching my right index finger right on the knuckle . |
| 18 | Sophie said , ‘ The word seems to have gone round faster than I would have thought possible . |
| 19 | This I would have thought irrelevant . |
| 20 | It was a perfectly serious prophecy , for which I would have paid good money had I gone to one of the Haleiwa psychics . |
| 21 | I think I would have chosen black . |
| 22 | Out of the other ones white if there was I would have chosen white . |
| 23 | I would have chosen red . |
| 24 | I would have to change certain things I 'd planned . |
| 25 | The fellow stopped , one leg pushed slightly forward in a pose which , in other circumstances , I would have found laughable . |
| 26 | I was more surprised than gratified , for without having really considered it I would have expected unsolicited adoration to annoy Nour , to lead to stone-throwing … |
| 27 | He also said that I would have to become dedicated , my lifestyle would have to change and , most importantly , that I must set my sights high . |
| 28 | I would have preferred black pipework to white , for its unobtrusiveness but , more to the point , the hopper itself could have been made of a darker and heavier-gauge material . |