Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd never have " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had n't been for the Yeti , I 'd never have met Malcolm McLaren or Johnie Rotten . |
| 2 | Had it been anyone other than Marty , I 'd never have spent every weekend preparing and refining the script , then repeating it as I did . |
| 3 | I 'd never have … |
| 4 | ‘ If I 'd known what you were going to do , I 'd never have caught him . ’ |
| 5 | I 'd never have got out of that without it . |
| 6 | I do n't know why I should be ; it was quite a reasonable assumption and I ca n't begin to imagine how anyone would dare to whip two manuscripts like that out of sight — I 'd never have the nerve . |
| 7 | Without your support I 'd never have been accepted . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd never have figured you for such a lady 's man , Stevens , ’ he went on . |
| 9 | I 'd never have associated a man like Tweed with such an atrocity . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ And I 'd never have thought Buckmaster capable of such a human remark . |
| 11 | I know now I 'd never have caught up in time in my old car . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd never have suspected it . |
| 13 | ‘ Anyway , I examined the body myself ; I 'd never have missed a thing like that . ’ |
| 14 | A real home with animals , and a huge fire where you can roast chestnuts on winter evenings , and a studio with lockers built in , so that I 'd never have to tidy up ! ’ |
| 15 | I had no idea you did n't approve of go-go dancing or I 'd never have taken you there . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You know I 'd never have let it happen like that , ’ Aunt Sarah said presently . |
| 17 | ‘ If I 'd realised she was a taig I 'd never have hired her . ’ |
| 18 | If I 'd have thought that Mrs Carrow would take it on herself to go down to the beach with little Celia that morning when one of my younger brothers came for me because my mum was ill , well I 'd never have gone , however much I was needed at home . |
| 19 | Defender Gary Pallister said : ‘ It 's a bolt from the blue , I 'd never have guessed we were signing him if you gave me 300 goes . |
| 20 | I 'd have found some boring ordinary job and paid off the cops and you 'd have your new crystal and I 'd never have met Marco and his pals and I 'd be a happier woman today . |
| 21 | ‘ I know , ’ Kitty said , ‘ but I 'd never have thought of it without you , it just would n't have crossed my mind . |
| 22 | Good God , you think , I 'd never have thought Bailey would be in charge of the whole South East Asia operation , you say to yourself . |
| 23 | I took it back afterwards and wear it partially in his memory , partially because I 'd never have spent the money on myself . |
| 24 | Some of us have to work for our living , I 'd never have got anywhere if I 'd moved at your pace ! ’ |
| 25 | which I 'd never have thought . |
| 26 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
| 27 | If I had n't known the Sun was a star , I 'd never have got it . |
| 28 | In a famous recent case , someone said : ‘ If I 'd seen this pile of bricks on the side of the road I 'd never have thought it was art ’ . |
| 29 | If I 'd known you were so cautious , I 'd never have — ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd never have got such a bargain on my own , ’ he said . |