Example sentences of "'d have [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ She 'd have been better with someone nearer her own age , ’ the old woman murmured to herself . |
| 32 | Aye , it seems I 'd have been better letting it run on the blooming thing . |
| 33 | It 'd have been better if I 'd told him to go ahead up against the tree . |
| 34 | Con always knew where to stop , and he knew where you should stop as well , and if you did n't , he reminded you that you 'd have been better following his example . ’ |
| 35 | But he 'd have been , he 'd have been better , well well he would n't have done . |
| 36 | It 'd have been better if I 'd kept them two . |
| 37 | You 'd have been better changing one . |
| 38 | have known you 'd have been late , and we would n't have panicked . |
| 39 | If the director had been gay my guess is that he 'd have been stereotyped . ’ |
| 40 | I have no idea how i it went around a up in the northern hemisphere , over Scandinavia , and Georgia 's in the south , so you 'd have think it 'd have been weak by the time it got down I 'm not a scientist , I have no idea what |
| 41 | four years to wait and I 'd have been sixteen . ’ |
| 42 | ‘ Yes , and you 'd have been grateful that I 'd gone . |
| 43 | You 're such a honey , If you 'd have been awake then we could have got , Emma ! |
| 44 | ‘ If it had n't been for your ghastly aunt we 'd have been married by now . ’ |
| 45 | The darkness was suffocatingly thick , and she knew that ordinarily she 'd have been terrified . |
| 46 | I 'd have been terrified somebody was gon na come out and jump on me ! |
| 47 | I 'd have been glad to give a wee helping hand there myself , and I 'm sure one was needed . ’ |
| 48 | She 'd have been glad of someone to chat to . |
| 49 | If he 'd been born an American he 'd have been high up in the CIA — and still informing Moscow … ’ |
| 50 | The rain put an end to their chances of a walk — not that they 'd have been likely to spot a deer anyway , after the noise made by the horn and the gun . |
| 51 | I 'd have been suicidal . |
| 52 | ‘ I must say I 'd have been happier , ’ said Rose , when everyone was suited and they had all sunk into their chairs , ‘ if Viola had kept away . |
| 53 | I 'd have been free to travel , to write , able to do exactly what I wanted with my life . ’ |
| 54 | ‘ He 'd have been ashamed of me . |
| 55 | If only he 'd been able to finish off the plastic swan and the weeping-kid picture there 'd have been some hope for the flat . |
| 56 | We thought there 'd have been some response |
| 57 | Now if you 'd have drawn it there 'd have been some doubt . |
| 58 | But he 's pretty certain that , without all this hassle , without the music , he 'd have been stuck in prison by now , so he 's thankful for everything which comes his way . |
| 59 | Lord knows how long I 'd have been stuck in here before they finally realised I was telling the truth . |
| 60 | She 'd have been stuck in some noisy complex in Pollensa and then had to drive back to Palma to do his share of the work . |