Example sentences of "i would [adv] have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would rather have been down at the villa making figgy hedgehogs for Tony but a promise is a promise . |
| 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 | ‘ I would n't have been a doctor , ’ he shivered with tiredness , ill at ease by the very suggestion of a shape other than his own . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | If it had n't been a yorker I 'd have looked an absolute idiot , I would n't have been in the same street , let alone cricket ground . |
| 6 | Obviously I felt for him , I would n't have been too delighted if our positions had been reversed ; and they could so easily have been . |
| 7 | Only a few weeks ago I was in such a fog , I would n't have been able to write any of this . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ If I had , I would n't have been an actor . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If I had filled a tanker I would n't have been prosecuted . ’ |
| 13 | I would n't have been able to see you . ’ |
| 14 | I would n't have been the first guy he 'd ever seen at that hour . |
| 15 | But I did n't go to the altar ; to be honest it was n't for lack of offers , but because they always seemed to come from people I would n't have been caught dead at an altar with . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I would n't have been able to forget it , if you had . ’ |
| 19 | If it had n't have been for her I would n't have been taking so many exams . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ If you loved Ruth I would n't have been able to — I would n't have looked after Ruth as I have . ’ |
| 22 | I would n't have been . |
| 23 | I said two to three years , I do n't deny it , but I would n't have been spending every minute of that time working to pay off what I owed you . |
| 24 | ‘ And if I had known , even just that you were free to love me if I could persuade you to , I would n't have been so — ’ Breaking off , Luke was once again silent for several seconds . |
| 25 | I would n't have been much competition by the side of sexy George , but still , a man has his pride . |
| 26 | But I As I say I were young and I would n't have been paying particular attention . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 29 | And if I did , I would n't have been mad enough to tell him . |
| 30 | Of course , if I 'd really had any sense I would n't have been there in the first place . |