Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] would have [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I personally would have prefered two millimetres , the full width of tread and full circumference . |
2 | I personally would have preferred that decision to already have been taken . |
3 | So in a sense , although I have n't recorded in the meantime , I st I still would have ended up in the same place . |
4 | And I still would have known the real father , known him and loved him . |
5 | ‘ I would have loved to join the elitist few who have made 500 League appearances and , but for my spell in the Conference and my long list of injuries , I probably would have done it , ’ added McDonough , who netted 89 goals in 460 league games . |
6 | Erm , I probably would have done because I made lots of mistakes and I could n't be bothered to go back and check them ! |
7 | Oh well it were n't to me cos I probably would have given you the eight |
8 | Yea , drinking 's always got me into trouble in the past , I mean now I 've thought about it , I 've thought what a stupid idiot I 'd be , so you know if it was n't for the course , then I probably would have gone and done it again , you know , without a second thought . |
9 | Erm that 's something I 've got er before I arrived here today in all honesty I probably would have said yes . |
10 | I probably would have stayed longer if I had n't fallen in love with Isobel . |
11 | If there had been a loose lamp-post in sight I probably would have grabbed that . |
12 | If I had felt that I could n't cope with him , I probably would have had him adopted , or had an abortion , but it was my choice to have him . |
13 | I probably would have worked out well , I 'll be the spare man , I 'll need four men working on five lathes , because I 'll need a spare lathe in case one falls over , so I can keep four running , I 'll need four men in case one of them 's sick or one , when they go on holidays I can fill in , so we can always get four lathes working . |
14 | It was years later that I realised I really would have to tackle it , but I found it was much easier than I had expected . |
15 | What I really would have liked would have been to disappear with as little fuss as possible . |
16 | This in the Friend of the Earth , Germany she stayed with us , I really would have liked you to meet her . |
17 | I really would have done . |
18 | I really would have to acquire a few pairs of stockings , and dispense with my poodle anklets . |
19 | ‘ But I like to think that if I did n't do it , someone else would have done it with a lot less taste and love for the countryside . ’ |
20 | I never would have messed about . |
21 | You know , that 's one of the many differences since Gill and I have been together : I start seeing things I never would have noticed before . |
22 | ‘ If I had done all six , my new film would have got in the way and I never would have wanted to hold the Darling Buds cast up . |
23 | I never would have credited that people would talk about these illusions as if they 'd really taken place . ’ |
24 | It was really thanks to Linda and Graham because I never would have done it otherwise . |
25 | Why , petite , I never would have thought it . ’ |
26 | ‘ I never would have thought — ’ she said , at last , peeping up at him with dazed eyes . |
27 | Er I will have explained er er I certainly would 've explained on the phone that er part of the contract requires them to give us a list of prospective advertisers . |
28 | Now erm you will already know and I certainly would 've told you on the phone that er you are not responsible for setting the assignments up . |
29 | If I could have kept him away by paying money , I certainly would have paid money . |
30 | Had this been my regular field of action , I too would have made myself hors de combat . |