Example sentences of "'d [verb] [vb pp] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think I 'd have cared to be represented by two images in the same picture . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I 'd have hated to be in your position , a purely physical attraction outweighing personal antipathy , so I just went along with your wishes . |
| 4 | ‘ If it had been me I 'd have learnt to be transmitted as microwaves by now , and bounced off Jupiter . |
| 5 | We 'd have had to be pretty stupid not to assume what we did . |
| 6 | " There were n't really many single men around , and he 'd have had to be a pretty outstanding young man to take her in hand . " |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd have preferred to be a jockey . |
| 8 | ‘ If she 'd been in love with Henry she 'd have agreed to be his mistress — not made him wait seven years for a divorce before she let him take her to bed . |
| 9 | Maybe I 'd have needed to be born in Rumania or Poland to be the best player . ’ |