Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i would have " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may be more to this than meets the eye ( if you 'll excuse the pun ) as just once in a while I have taken zander during the daytime in water that has been so clear that I would have rated my chances as zero . |
| 2 | If the hon. Member for Fife , Central dislikes the idea of reviews , it suggests that his attitude to public expenditure is less rigorous than I would have expected . |
| 3 | Her moon-shaped face was always split with a smile , even when she was scooping up dog turds with a device the handle of which was at least two feet shorter than I would have wanted it to be . |
| 4 | Now I understand er that you know we are providing public service here and we have got allow for public access but the cost of the council of having all its officers outside of this building for over er two hours must have been absolutely horrendous and I would have thought this would be an area where improving security ought to be a high priority so what are you going to do about it ? |
| 5 | Well it would have been easier but I would have , I would n't find |
| 6 | I know the little boys lean on her too much and I would have gone if I could . ’ |
| 7 | Well , we 've made some progress in some areas , but not as much as I would 've liked , although I intend to keep working at it . |
| 8 | Not as much as I would have expected , in some ways . ’ |
| 9 | It has been difficult while they 've been doing their exams , so we 've not been able to get them together as much as I would have liked . |
| 10 | I mean , a hundred and fifty a week — that 's as much as I 'd 've expected you to get for actually acting . ’ |
| 11 | and instead of that if I 'd 've realized that exactly what the guys said you know |
| 12 | I hate to think how much money I have paid over to Anglia Gas if I 'd known what I was into I could have walked into that house then and I could , while I had all that money before I gave any away I could have said , right , I 'm going to have to spend that , that , that , that and that and I would have done it and it would have I would 've been alright because I would n't have had things going wrong ! |
| 13 | ‘ Your colouring is so unusual that I 'd have thought you 'd have got quite used to answering that question by now ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ The fifth hurdle was n't quite as smooth as I would have wished , but then I let go from the 200 metres mark . |
| 15 | ‘ The fifth hurdle was n't quite as smooth as I would have wished , but then I let go from the 200 metres mark . |
| 16 | I am sure that I would have got on with both men , famously well . |
| 17 | Had I been asked to imagine myself as I would have looked during that time , you can be sure that I would have had the beautiful gown , the ruffled frill and the bejewelled fingers of a lady . |
| 18 | ‘ Cup rugby would also have appealed to me , but I 'm not so sure that I would have been so enthusiastic about playing in a league , ’ Cranmer says . |
| 19 | But even had I been told something of the nature of their relationship , I am not sure that I would have understood or believed , or felt betrayed . |
| 20 | If it were not , you may be sure that I would have arranged a better climate for the Brits than the Lord has seen fit to give them . ’ |
| 21 | We are disappointed that he left Leeds , but I 'm not sure that I would have regarded 2.75 million as money well-spent on a player of his type . |
| 22 | I am almost tempted to produce some enormous prize for any bookseller who can furnish me with a list of the shortlisted titles , or even let me know if they have the winning title in stock : I feel confident that I would have no takers . |
| 23 | He took it like a man , which is better than I would have taken it . |
| 24 | The whole object looks more Byzantine than I would have guessed , an effect heightened by the pendants which hang from each side . |
| 25 | The drop down from Meall Corranaich and back up to Beinn Ghlas was a great deal more substantial than I would have wished at this point in the walk , keeping in mind that I was hallucinating from the effort of the chase and the subsequent lack of oxygen managing to get anywhere near my lungs via a mouth full of clenched teeth . |
| 26 | All I 'd need is a few fags to keep me awake and I 'd have my foot down all the way . |
| 27 | children because I was very happy , and very healthy and I would have liked , loved to have shared that with with the lady over there ! |
| 28 | She had the translucent skin of the very ancient and I would have guessed her age at not far from ninety . |
| 29 | Any closer and I would have fallen over him too . |
| 30 | Yes er we 've five games now and er although we have n't won as as many as I would 've liked at least erm we 've stayed unbeaten . |