Example sentences of "'d have [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Well , this was hardly the scene she 'd have imagined as the perfect time to wear the dress , but now she silently blessed the premonition which had made her pack it along with the predominantly casual clothes she 'd chosen to take to Sheffield .
2 What was said by a single inhabitant of Berchtesgaden in March 1945 was a sentiment undoubtedly close to the hearts of most Germans at this time : ‘ If we 'd have imagined in 1933 how things would turn out , we 'd never have voted for Hitler . ’
3 You 'd have imagined from all the interest on his face that I was trying to sell him my butterfly collection .
4 You 'd have thought they 'd have rallied round him — given him their support . ’
5 If either of us had had any sense we 'd have realised from the start something like this had happened .
6 ‘ I do n't think I 'd have cared to be represented by two images in the same picture .
7 He 'd have applied to RADA only he could n't remember what you called it .
8 His ‘ Leith , you do n't … ’ could n't have been very important either , otherwise , knowing him , he 'd have charged after her and made her listen .
9 Oh yes I enjoyed it very much but erm we had American visitors around and we had one a Captain and I 'm afraid we all fell for him cos he seemed such a handsome man and he 'd been a hero in the war , and he was engaged to , then to the then president of America 's daughter , so they informed us but erm I do n't know whether it was the truth , that 's what they , they said but of course some of the , some of the things had to be cast , the bodies had to be cast and they were , they were I do n't know whether you 'd have heard of the Orritor
10 I thought you 'd have heard about the accident .
11 ‘ If you were that fancy , we 'd have heard about you . ’
12 He did n't actually talk about it to me — I suppose he knows me well enough to guess that I 'd have dug in my heels .
13 We 'd have killed for an outcome like this at any time since 1975 .
14 But I 'd have jumped in the lake if I 'd lost .
15 Who 'd have guessed at the start of the season that within a handful of games Oxford United would be looking for a new manager …
16 Who 'd have guessed at the start of the season that within a handful of games Oxford United would be looking for a new manager …
17 The men collect it and know that of the children doing it , you would think that they 'd have noticed over the years , that at the end of each month it says , on the readers ' list it says children and I think that
18 ‘ You could have had a hundred casual affairs , and I 'd have adjusted to them somehow and tried to make you fall in love with me , but the thought that you 'd loved someone else and still loved him , because it seemed to have gone on over the years , periodically resumed …
19 Yeah , originally they 'd have ducked for three
20 But none of them were crushed , you could have eaten it if you 'd have wanted to . ’
21 Gillian and I were falling in love and you 'd think we 'd have wanted to be by ourselves all the time , gazing into one another 's eyes and holding hands and going to bed together .
22 if he 'd have wanted to !
23 Oh , if I 'd have wanted to erm
24 I do n't know what we 'd have done without her in those dark years .
25 You 've been so good , you 've worked so hard , I do n't know what I 'd have done without you , etcetera , etcetera , it 's just that sometimes you exasperate me ! ’
26 Thanks a thousand times — I do n't know what we 'd have done without your help . ’
27 I do n't know what I 'd have done without you . ’
28 ‘ I do n't know what I 'd have done without you these last weeks , Carrie .
29 ‘ You 've both been so kind and helpful — I do n't know what we 'd have done without you and Ben . ’
30 If you 'd done that you 'd have seen at once there was a difference — the blend worked perfectly ! ’
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