Example sentences of "would have [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I says if I 'd 've wanted a slice of fat and I 'd 've want burnt tomatoes I says I would 've ordered them . |
| 2 | I mean I thought you 'd 've made a note about oh I must come back to that later |
| 3 | ‘ If she had half an ounce of sense , ’ she said , ‘ she 'd 've put a lock on this thing . ’ |
| 4 | Five frilly nightdresses straight from mail-order , their labels still attached — I 'd 've nicked a couple only I did n't know what disease they might be carrying . |
| 5 | They 'd have made a fortune ! |
| 6 | If you 'd have made a story up that 's it something else , I wo I would n't have known it 's running . |
| 7 | If she had wanted to stay she 'd have made a song and dance , but it was better to move . |
| 8 | Normally , she 'd have made a fuss about those things , but today it did n't seem to matter somehow . |
| 9 | But now you 'll never know whether he 'd have made a move or not , will you ? |
| 10 | If she 'd jumped into the water she 'd have made a splash . ’ |
| 11 | I 'd have felt a lot happier . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Do you really believe I 'd have blown a career I loved just to get even with you for something that happened ten years ago ? |
| 13 | How many of these locks do you think you 'd have done a day of the cylinder lock ? |
| 14 | He 'd have done a par about the lead in his pencil if you 'd asked him — a stick and a half — a column — whatever you needed ; and all of it full of wit and erudition . ’ |
| 15 | But I think if er if he 'd have had a firm 's input , that wanted something designing , he 'd he 'd have done a lot better . |
| 16 | Erm but I do n't think we , if we 'd have done a lot more work you know , it 'd have been any better . |
| 17 | And he 'd have written a thing I 'm just using William George as an example of course . |
| 18 | I wish they 'd have gone a bit faster . |
| 19 | He 'd have gone a bit |
| 20 | Yeah they 'd have said a drake otherwise . |
| 21 | Head of Department : ‘ Yes , I 'd have liked a deputy Head of House , without increment … disappointed over that . ’ |
| 22 | I 'd have liked a lamb . |
| 23 | I 'd have liked a job but you could n't , because the men had to be looked after , you just had to be there . |
| 24 | I mean I , it 's no good me husbands to look af , I I this is my second husband but er with my first husband er I I sort of erm if it 's been left to him , God bless him , he 's dead now but if it 'd been left to him I 'd have had a houseful of children you know . |
| 25 | But I think if er if he 'd have had a firm 's input , that wanted something designing , he 'd he 'd have done a lot better . |
| 26 | If I 'd had my nailfile with me I 'd have had a go at it . |
| 27 | My view of the General Strike is that if we 'd have had a Lenin we 'd have had a revolution . |
| 28 | I mean , if you 'd really done it you 'd have had a story ready to tell the police once the body was discovered . ’ |
| 29 | In fact , if I had n't rung through to the police station we 'd have had a squad car on our doorstep by now . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You should have let me know you were coming earlier , I 'd have had a car waiting at the airport for you . ’ |