Example sentences of "would have thought " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd 've thought he 'd 've talked to the gardeners . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd 've thought that Arise would have made something of a meal of all that — top financier in shares scandal ; weapons mogul arms IRA ; that sort of thing . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd 've thought you 'd 've grown out of it by now . ’ |
| 4 | I 'd 've thought that would be adding enormously to the risk … ’ |
| 5 | Now I think if , if , if I 'd 've received this I 'd 've thought right we 're off . |
| 6 | That 's a fairly tenuous er sort of platform to get rid of those er hunting jobs and I 'd 've thought that er , a party whose leader Mr saw him , was it yesterday ? , proclaiming the importance of er protecting employment and combating unemployment . |
| 7 | It should get away , it should get rid of think about it I 'd 've thought . |
| 8 | Now if you 'd 've told us that last Thursday we 'd 've thought |
| 9 | Oh I 'd 've thought he would 've done . |
| 10 | But he 's not saying that right , you 'd 've thought he , he 'd actually come up and say er er he would have said that for , you know , for his sake and also for the good of the Party . |
| 11 | But I 'd 've thought that , that generally speaking , we should have been able to at least hold the line . |
| 12 | You 'd have thought they were best friends or something , except that girls do n't have proper friends the way boys do . |
| 13 | She said it was tragic because of Kezia , and the way she went on you 'd have thought it was all my fault . |
| 14 | Oh , Jay , I 'd have thought she 'd have done it by now , if she was going to . |
| 15 | I 'd have thought . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You 'd have thought one of them would have had the balls , ’ said one wet who voted for Mrs Thatcher on the grounds that no serious candidate had come forward . |
| 17 | You 'd have thought anybody with two brain cells to rub together and a spark of wit could find a way past Mike Read and Phil Collins . |
| 18 | Though you 'd have thought they 'd have taken it off before bringing in their things . |
| 19 | Do n't suppose he had the strength left in that little body to fight back no more , though you 'd have thought they could 've saved him with these new pills they got . |
| 20 | You 'd have thought he 'd seen a ghost ! — He hopped it , then . |
| 21 | ‘ Generous , I 'd have thought . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd have thought she 'd have put us out the servants ’ door . ’ |
| 23 | Nevertheless , if anyone had told me then that one day this company would be performing Shakespeare , I 'd have thought they were mad . |
| 24 | For the paying customers — you and me — I 'd have thought an auditors ' report claiming ‘ mismanagement and excessive expenditure ’ was a pretty good start . |
| 25 | ‘ If you did n't know what had happened you 'd have thought he was not with her because he was standing apart as if his emotions were shut down . ’ |
| 26 | Yet who 'd have thought I 'd be given another chance like this ? she thought . |
| 27 | ‘ Who 'd have thought the old bugger would come to life like that ! ’ she said to Nutty afterwards . |
| 28 | I 'd have thought she needed a steady young chap . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ That 's certainly needed , ’ said Karelius , ‘ but I 'd have thought infantry better suited to the job . |
| 30 | You 'd have thought that the enormous Ballroom was on fire . |