Example sentences of "would have [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean I did ask you about the outstanding bills and loans whereas if we 'd 've been doing the thing properly we 'd 've gone through that |
2 | Anyway , do you know the easiest , er and at that time five pound were five pound , if I 'd 've gone to the foreman and then the er |
3 | Now I were bloody daft , If I 'd 've gone to the foreman and wanted to put a suggestion in , I , I , I 'd 've beat sure they were crowing abou when he got but I was first really was n't I ? |
4 | ‘ I 'd 've thought he 'd 've talked to the gardeners . ’ |
5 | well I 'd go along with that but what I was saying was I , I thought you might become more confrontational and if you were then we 'd 've got into a bit of a tennis match there and but then you did n't go down that route , that 's what I 'm saying , you did n't actually go down that cos if you had 've done we 'd 've got nowhere |
6 | Well , this was hardly the scene she 'd have imagined as the perfect time to wear the dress , but now she silently blessed the premonition which had made her pack it along with the predominantly casual clothes she 'd chosen to take to Sheffield . |
7 | What was said by a single inhabitant of Berchtesgaden in March 1945 was a sentiment undoubtedly close to the hearts of most Germans at this time : ‘ If we 'd have imagined in 1933 how things would turn out , we 'd never have voted for Hitler . ’ |
8 | You 'd have imagined from all the interest on his face that I was trying to sell him my butterfly collection . |
9 | You 'd have thought they 'd have rallied round him — given him their support . ’ |
10 | If either of us had had any sense we 'd have realised from the start something like this had happened . |
11 | ‘ I do n't think I 'd have cared to be represented by two images in the same picture . |
12 | He 'd have applied to RADA only he could n't remember what you called it . |
13 | His ‘ Leith , you do n't … ’ could n't have been very important either , otherwise , knowing him , he 'd have charged after her and made her listen . |
14 | Oh yes I enjoyed it very much but erm we had American visitors around and we had one a Captain and I 'm afraid we all fell for him cos he seemed such a handsome man and he 'd been a hero in the war , and he was engaged to , then to the then president of America 's daughter , so they informed us but erm I do n't know whether it was the truth , that 's what they , they said but of course some of the , some of the things had to be cast , the bodies had to be cast and they were , they were I do n't know whether you 'd have heard of the Orritor |
15 | I thought you 'd have heard about the accident . |
16 | ‘ If you were that fancy , we 'd have heard about you . ’ |
17 | He did n't actually talk about it to me — I suppose he knows me well enough to guess that I 'd have dug in my heels . |
18 | We 'd have killed for an outcome like this at any time since 1975 . |
19 | But I 'd have jumped in the lake if I 'd lost . |
20 | Who 'd have guessed at the start of the season that within a handful of games Oxford United would be looking for a new manager … |
21 | Who 'd have guessed at the start of the season that within a handful of games Oxford United would be looking for a new manager … |
22 | The men collect it and know that of the children doing it , you would think that they 'd have noticed over the years , that at the end of each month it says , on the readers ' list it says children and I think that |
23 | ‘ You could have had a hundred casual affairs , and I 'd have adjusted to them somehow and tried to make you fall in love with me , but the thought that you 'd loved someone else and still loved him , because it seemed to have gone on over the years , periodically resumed … |
24 | Yeah , originally they 'd have ducked for three |
25 | But none of them were crushed , you could have eaten it if you 'd have wanted to . ’ |
26 | Gillian and I were falling in love and you 'd think we 'd have wanted to be by ourselves all the time , gazing into one another 's eyes and holding hands and going to bed together . |
27 | if he 'd have wanted to ! |
28 | Oh , if I 'd have wanted to erm |
29 | I do n't know what we 'd have done without her in those dark years . |
30 | You 've been so good , you 've worked so hard , I do n't know what I 'd have done without you , etcetera , etcetera , it 's just that sometimes you exasperate me ! ’ |