Example sentences of "[pron] would [adv] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , at that time I realized what my friend had gone through , and I knew what I had gone through , and I would willingly have gone on having babies for erm out of compassion for people who could n't have children and I would have done it much more naturally ! |
| 2 | I would willingly have sponsored a Corpus Christi Mystery , being so close to the Feast-day . ’ |
| 3 | I thought that perhaps I would sooner have swum in the pool with the crocodiles than draw to myself the hostile attention of that girl . |
| 4 | I would simply have to twist my head during copulation to see what it looked like . |
| 5 | If it had n't worked out , I would simply have carried on road riding . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I would rather have played for Wales at Cardiff Arms Park than Hamlet at the Old Vic , ’ he said later . |
| 7 | I would rather have seen it move to Merthyr Tydfil , Brecon , or anywhere else , because it is an authority for Wales . |
| 8 | But I think in the long run , although I do n't agree with forty , I would rather have gone a forty two , erm it will probably help the sport immensely in the end . |
| 9 | I would rather have done it . |
| 10 | I would rather have known . |
| 11 | Herr Hans-Eberhard Klein , the Frankfurt prosecutor who led the search , said : ‘ I am glad it is over , but I would rather have had a live Mengele than a dead one so that some of the thousands who suffered under him could have gained some little satisfaction from a trial . ’ |
| 12 | I hooked up a wriggling worm and ate it : it tasted alright , earthy and slightly gritty , but I would rather have had a proper meal . |
| 13 | ‘ I enjoyed the challenge , though I would rather have had my father back . ’ |
| 14 | I would rather have died than let the Parsons see where I lived . |
| 15 | Er so I suspect it 's not worked out quite as we intended er and it I mean the main problem is that it 's it 's it 's cost us time , cost me time which I would rather have spent on something else but there we are . |
| 16 | This was not only because I would rather have won than lost anything , but also because , winning being unlikely , I would rather have opted out altogether than lost . |
| 17 | This was not only because I would rather have won than lost anything , but also because , winning being unlikely , I would rather have opted out altogether than lost . |
| 18 | Indeed , in most cases for most injuries , anybody would say " I would rather have avoided this injury than have any amount of money whatever in compensation " . |
| 19 | I would rather have shown him my love . |
| 20 | I would normally have killed them with one strike of my talons ! ’ |
| 21 | Given the new licensing laws for teachers I shall give them some experience of the post 16+ area before embarking on the lower school work with which under the former arrangement I would normally have begun . |
| 22 | Nor were the books that Edward showed me the kind of thing I would normally have read — not , at least , as anything more than a casual browse among the dustier nooks of human eccentricity . |
| 23 | ‘ I had hoped I would n't have to give a woman the full benefit of our facilities . ’ |
| 24 | I would n't have to decide anything . |
| 25 | That way , I would n't have to see you or speak to you at all ! ’ |
| 26 | Len wanted us to get married in a Registry Office , but somehow , I would n't have felt properly married . |
| 27 | I would n't have heard . ’ |
| 28 | I would n't have gone to meet him under any circumstances . |
| 29 | If I had known what would be required of me this morning I would n't have gone to that birthday celebration last night . ’ |
| 30 | To have that evening with Francis once more , not all of it , just the moment when I was through the door and heard him say , ‘ Do n't go , do n't go , ’ and I would n't have gone , and my story would have had a different end ? |