Example sentences of "would [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 you 'd 've kept going the way you were .
2 Although Peter my friend 's he , he did that but er it did n't come to much , they 'd 've saved it or something , one job , cos he was made redundant about three times and er one , one place he was at they 're supposed to have kept it and paying him it now but I do n't know how they came about that bu because actually they we played him a dirty trick , they persuaded him to leave his job and then about nine years or probably less than that later you know and he was out again , redundant and , you know , I think they felt a bit guilty but he only gets about five pounds a week from , off that one , which is
3 I 'd 've loved to have been that pillow , I really would er things he was doing to this pillow it was
4 with costumes and everything , you 'd 've loved that .
5 I 'd 've loved to have been in there and gone mad pull all them windows out and put all nice new wee windows in .
6 But again , see again cos we 're not following the actual script , the picking up and pinpointing people mentioned in earlier conversations , which you would 've done if you 'd 've gone back to the planning the future .
7 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
8 and then we 'd 've gone down a different avenue
9 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
10 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 ?
11 Well you were you saying you were n't coming till half past ten , well we 'd 've gone , come back and been in by then .
12 I 'd 've filled all twenty up now if they 'd 've all let me .
13 To Culley , he said , ‘ Well , I 'd 've wanted to know that too , I guess . ’
14 I says if I 'd 've wanted a slice of fat and I 'd 've want burnt tomatoes I says I would 've ordered them .
15 and instead of that if I 'd 've realized that exactly what the guys said you know
16 I I think the thing is if , if you 'd 've demonstrated that or , or got to the stage of saying well alright , you know , if you 're retiring tomorrow how much money do you need to , to live on
17 I guess I 'd 've fucked her , given the chance .
18 ‘ I 'd 've given it to you ; I was n't holding out .
19 Roger I 'd 've given it you a lot quicker if you 'd given me a list of jobs to work on .
20 but it looked black from up there , so I er opened the window and rattled the venetian blind and I thought you 'd 've heard that erm and it shot out there , whether it went underneath the gate , can they get through under the gate ?
21 ‘ You got here a week ago , you 'd 've cooked . ’
22 ‘ Once upon a time I 'd 've made you turn religious , ’ said Constance , and suddenly it occurred to Scarlet that really she was already religious , as anyone who had borne a child must surely be : not in the conventional sense but rather as a passenger on a train would expect someone to be at the controls .
23 I mean I thought you 'd 've made a note about oh I must come back to that later
24 ‘ I 'd 've thought you 'd 've grown out of it by now . ’
25 Now I think if , if , if I 'd 've received this I 'd 've thought right we 're off .
26 Erm the tentative benefit you put in at the end of that you said is that okay and Maggie said yes erm the answer could be construed I , I thought in that basis well yes it 's okay so what whereas if you 'd 've said is that of interest to you
27 If I 'd 've put your real age you 'd 've said
28 this er government intervention policy , you 'd 've achieved your goal .
29 Yeah I mean the part about the er about the savings erm if you 'd 've done or were doing a complete fact find that , that would come up anyway would n't it ?
30 then if you 'd 've done your bike riding up the hill
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