Example sentences of "they would have [verb] " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | If anybody finds out who should n't , they 'd have to kill to keep them silent . ’ |
| 32 | It only would have been like The Housemartins watered down if they 'd have kept doing it without believing in the band . |
| 33 | You see , if they wanted to know the truth beyond all doubt , they 'd have sent me up to Scotland , would n't they ? |
| 34 | Some tenants to whom this happens every few months said they 'd been told that next time they 'd have to sort it out themselves . |
| 35 | If I 'd have refused to rejoin the army they 'd have stopped my pension , and that 's the only income we have . |
| 36 | It could n't be the same Rover , because they 'd have recognised the car , although he hoped they had n't stopped long enough to get the number . |
| 37 | He always stayed close when they were approaching a service station , because he knew that sooner or later , they 'd have to stop for fuel . |
| 38 | they 'd have to put |
| 39 | You know , like they 'd have to put a bit of a twist in it I suppose . |
| 40 | ‘ I should have thought , ’ said Charlotte , trapped into genuine interest and speculation , ‘ that they 'd have built just a little further from the river . |
| 41 | Otherwise they 'd have built on it or summat like that you see . |
| 42 | If it had n't been for the war , they 'd have retired him , but it was like everything else these days , all hands to the pumps . |
| 43 | they 'd have saved it for some empty classroom |
| 44 | So then they 'd have to call another van . |
| 45 | In the morning when they wanted the money I 'd say ‘ I 've just got to phone home , ’ and get Mum to promise to pay , and they 'd have to wait till she turned up . |
| 46 | He 'd had another sleepless night and ahead lay customs , who could n't be expected to be exactly pro-British , and because of post and telephone strikes in Argentina , he had n't been able to confirm the flight with Alejandro , so they 'd have to go through the hassle of hiring a car to drive the 330 kilometres out to his estancia . |
| 47 | stocking up again because they thought they 'd have to go in |
| 48 | They 'd have to go down to the |
| 49 | ‘ Because they 'd have to take off their overalls , ’ said Wilcox , ‘ and they ca n't be bothered . |
| 50 | Anyone who saw us , even if they loathed us to death , they 'd have to take notice . |
| 51 | Anyone who saw us , even if they loathed us to death , they 'd have to take notice . |
| 52 | You 'd have thought they 'd have rallied round him — given him their support . ’ |
| 53 | So Mericlean sent it away with his P forty five to have it changed and they said they could n't accept it that they 'd have to re-apply or something . |
| 54 | ‘ No chance that they 'd have conspired to bribe Ramsbum or Gooseneck or someone to do it for them ? ’ |
| 55 | They 'd have made a fortune ! |
| 56 | I did n't wan na go the hospital 'cos they 'd have wanted to know how I did it and I would have had to turkey in there . |
| 57 | No , no it was very much a green field area , and I think if they 'd have wanted to get bomb anywhere they 'd have been directed at Castle Bromwich , which were very much they were building Lancasters and Sterlings and they were very much the heart of the British bomber industry . |
| 58 | There 's another in the keep would have done just as well , but seal or no seal , they 'd have wanted a better tale than I could think of before they 'd have given me the keys of the keep . |
| 59 | Well now , what they 've done something which I think if there as I said to you in the first place , if they 'd have run their cards played their cards right , they could have said to that fellow ‘ look you 've got no rights to be here , we never gave you planning ’ what 's wrong with this planning people , they step here and they step there , there 's people do things without planning permission , they do nothing at all about it , if I was to go and stick something up in my front garden , they 'd come along and say ‘ hey , . ’ |
| 60 | Animals would have known , would have caught his scent , or have seen him suddenly among them , and they 'd have turned and fled as a herd will turn from a predator . |