Example sentences of "'d [adv] have [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't too impressed with this — I 'd rather have seen a film — but Andy thought it was all right , so I did too . |
| 2 | I 'd rather have have a cup of tea |
| 3 | I 'd rather have had a knife . |
| 4 | I expect when he was a little boy he 'd rather have had a Bible for his birthday than anything else in the world , even a bicycle . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course , ’ the Doctor had said , and the memory of his voice was so real that she almost heard the words in her ears , ‘ if anyone wanted to infiltrate the TARDIS with any kind of intelligence , from a virus to an entire computer , they 'd only have to plug a cable into the socket under the console . |
| 6 | So , given that he 'd always have to keep a foot in England , if only during the cricket season , and given that as long as he kept a presence here he would be answerable to the Society , he had to face them . |
| 7 | He 'd probably have to lose a leg , was the MO 's report . |
| 8 | He 'd simply have acquired a spectator and a potential liability . |
| 9 | ‘ Of course , I 'd never have breathed a syllable if he 'd kept quiet about the dog track . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Anyway , I examined the body myself ; I 'd never have missed a thing like that . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd never have called a boy Apricot . ’ |
| 12 | I 'd never have associated a man like Tweed with such an atrocity . ’ |
| 13 | He 'd never have spent a week milksopping around this godforsaken backwater on account of — one little bag of bones . ’ |
| 14 | She 'd never have had a smash hit on Broadway if she 'd stayed here to work . |