Example sentences of "i [vb mod] have thought [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not many other people take it , either , but we could all read in our own newspapers that it was supporting Labour , and I should have thought a normal reaction among honest Britons , who have grown to mistrust businessmen in the age of takeovers , would be to do the opposite . |
| 2 | ‘ I should have thought a few minutes . |
| 3 | I should have thought a little evidence of human frailty would merely enhance your reputation — and the association would do mine a power of good ! ’ |
| 4 | If one 's opponent has anti-tank weapons I should have thought the last thing to send in would be tanks . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd have thought the same thing would apply to you , ’ she said , evading a direct answer . |
| 6 | Leafing through them , I could n't see any obvious lies ; he had n't taught me to say anything obscene instead of ‘ Excuse me ’ or ‘ Can you direct me to the railway station , please ? ’ , though I 'd have thought the temptation would have been all but irresistible . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I 'd have thought the solution was obvious . |
| 8 | I 'd have thought the weekend would be your busiest time . ’ |
| 9 | It seems a bit funny for me cos I 'd have thought the kitchen was at the back so then you 'd have your dining room then . |
| 10 | For the paying customers — you and me — I 'd have thought an auditors ' report claiming ‘ mismanagement and excessive expenditure ’ was a pretty good start . |
| 11 | I 'd have thought an organisation like Amnesty would be in the forefront of anti-sexism , but I 've come across sexism before where I would expect an enlightened attitude ( eg Greenpeace ) |
| 12 | Erm but I think I think certainly I would have thought a place like Reading probably half their people set the exams anyway so |
| 13 | ‘ I would have thought a photographer came prepared with much film , ’ Felipe grated , not all pleased to be spoken to like this . |
| 14 | ‘ I would have thought a family would have been only too glad to get an unmarried daughter off its hands . ’ |
| 15 | He mentioned the Environmental Law Foundation , specifically set up to assist citizens to protect their interests in securing a better environment — I would have thought a lot of people would have been interested in that . |
| 16 | ‘ I would have thought a whacking great palace more to your taste ! ’ |
| 17 | I would have thought the UK hotelier would have nothing to fear from a European directive , ’ he said . |
| 18 | My 1982 Land Rover Stage I V8 station wagon performs well at low speeds , but when pulling in the gears or at higher speeds , lacks the power I would have thought the V8 should deliver . |
| 19 | I would have thought the Russians just about got ahead on a points average with that one . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I would have thought the Royals would have been warned by their security people that on no account should they use mobile phones for sensitive information because they are not secure . |
| 21 | I would have thought the horizon would have been black with converging vessels by this time . ’ |
| 22 | I would have thought the normal procedure would be for him to be committed to Preston Crown Court and for the Crown Courts thereafter to sort out the final venue . |
| 23 | I think they go for more sorts of jobs , it 's difficult to list them , but a lot are going into computing and electronics today , but we have people — we had one student who 's gone into accountancy , Royal Navy , weapons research , gas board , chemical side as opposed to physical side , video discs , hospital physics , where I would have thought the chemical aspects would be of use to them as well as the physics . |
| 24 | He just managed to resist adding , ‘ Yours is twenty , and I would have thought the same went for her too . ’ |
| 25 | Erm beyond two thousand and six , I would have thought the strategic guidance would be in locations other than peripheral expansion around the Greater York area , which I would have suggested would would more than likely be to new settlements . |
| 26 | John Wesley was a reluctant convert to open-air preaching — " I would have thought the saving of souls almost a sin , if it had not been done in a church " — but at Bristol in 1739 he followed the example of George Whitefield and " submitted to be more vile , and proclaimed in the highways the glad tidings of salvation " . |
| 27 | I would have thought the community |
| 28 | I would have thought the labour market conditions are also a vital ingredient if profitability is to be passed on or shared out in higher wages . |
| 29 | I would have thought the threat that you 're not going to get on because you 've had a crap appraisal would be fairly significant and I think that most branch managers |
| 30 | I would have thought the mo Without knowing anything about it I would have thought the most likely explanation for that is that that the property company who own the precinct have suggested to the Council that they would like to buy the Market Hall and the Council have been sitting on it and pondering it and some bright spark has come up with the idea , Yes you can buy the Market Hall if you also buy Pembroke Hall . |