Example sentences of "i would [adv] [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cor I would n't have been proud ! |
| 2 | ‘ If I 'd done it then , perhaps I would n't have been fit to go to the Olympics and worlds , and I 'd hate to be sitting here now thinking I could have won . |
| 3 | And if I did , I would n't have been mad enough to tell him . |
| 4 | If I had n't been too dumb I could have come to Mars-U as well , then I would n't have been alone . |
| 5 | With so little fat in the diet I would n't have been surprised to receive reports of dryness , but I had no reason to worry . |
| 6 | It would n't have been , if they 'd had any furniture in when we , when we first got in I would n't have been surprised to see it painted round there as well . |
| 7 | ‘ Making ten films is truly boring , ’ he says ‘ If I had worked continuously with the same cameraman , I would n't have been able to get up in the morning . |
| 8 | Only a few weeks ago I was in such a fog , I would n't have been able to write any of this . |
| 9 | I would n't have been able to see that gateway , so I ca n't say whether she was there or not , at five . ’ |
| 10 | Even then I knew in a way that despair underlay my behaviour , but I would n't have been able to take the consequences of its admission . |
| 11 | I would n't have been able to see you . ’ |
| 12 | I mean , without him in the back I would n't have been able to do it , but I always tell everybody I was the carer . |
| 13 | I would n't have been able to forget it , if you had . ’ |
| 14 | I kind of wished I 'd sat behind Verity ; I would n't have seen so much of her — not even a hint of that slim , smooth face , frowning in concentration as she barrelled the big black Beemer towards the next corner — but I would n't have been able to see the speedometer , either . |
| 15 | ‘ If you loved Ruth I would n't have been able to — I would n't have looked after Ruth as I have . ’ |
| 16 | A common example was an auxiliary verb sequence , such as I would n't have been able to go , which was heard as a single syllabic beat , approximately shown here as I wudnbinabluh go . |
| 17 | ‘ If you 'd really wanted to hurt me , you 'd have let Ash go ahead with the publicity , would have backed him up , and I would n't have been able to deny it because it was all based on the truth , but a twisted truth ! |
| 18 | Eventually I would n't have been able to stop myself . ’ |
| 19 | I think if I 'd had er no teeth I would n't have been able to manage at all , or if I had |
| 20 | If I wore those track braces I would 've had I would n't have been able to clean my teeth properly |
| 21 | So long as I love you , I would n't mind being poor , and I do n't want his money . ’ |
| 22 | White added : ‘ It 's great to get my game back , but I would not have been disappointed if Alan had won . ’ |
| 23 | She wrote that without the challenge of some who were Christians of a particular persuasion , " I would not have been aware of how deeply my own assumptions had constructed the fantasy that I had desired " ( Kathy Raban in Hammond et al. |
| 24 | For my part I would not have been prepared to make an order in the terms proposed unless I knew that the letter was written by or with the direct authority of either the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Director of the Serious Fraud Office . |
| 25 | Without the help of ACET and other direct service organisations and charities , I would not have been able to continue and maintain my independence . |
| 26 | Without the help of ACET and other similar organisations I would not have been able to continue and maintain my independence . |
| 27 | But without the help of ACET and other voluntary organisations I would not have been able to maintain my independence . ’ |
| 28 | It was pleasant but had I been blindfolded I would not have been able to tell the difference from its cheaper , non-organic counterpart . |
| 29 | Jim said : ‘ In the end I had to accept his £4,500 offer and write the rest off — otherwise I would not have been able to pay my men 's wages that week . |
| 30 | If he had been close to the cliff I would not have been able to see him , but I could see the whole section of shoreline , and there was no boat there . |