Example sentences of "'d have thought [that] " in BNC.

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1 You 'd have thought that the enormous Ballroom was on fire .
2 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 .
3 ‘ I 'd have thought that , behind — ’ I waved a hand towards the beginning of the volcanic hills .
4 ‘ I 'd have thought that looking for a gas leak with a lighted match would be the last thing he would do . ’
5 ‘ If there was anywhere safe in England in 1943 you 'd have thought that was . ’
6 Who 'd have thought that we were so important ?
7 I 'd have thought that PMT was enough of a male hazard anyway , without that kind of mollycoddling .
8 You 'd have thought that by now his publicity people would have come up with something a little more attractive .
9 ‘ I 'd have thought that was fairly obvious , ’ Jessamy retorted .
10 personally , I 'd have thought that anyone who heard a gunshot round our manor would have just moved away from the window and kept his head down , but I 've got to accept that someone may have phoned .
11 But you know it 's funny how why it was so I mean the grit and those were quite sharp you know You you 'd have thought that it would have taken your skin but then it was ideal stuff for getting the grease the you know the dirt and I mean the the greasy dirt away .
12 I 'd have thought that was a good track record .
13 Especially after all the hype about 15pt gap you 'd have thought that they 'd have been looking at the ‘ nearest rival trying to close the gap ! ! ’ .
14 Erm you 'd have thought that they would have taken the trouble to erm you know to do some bit of arm twisting .
15 ‘ They certainly seemed to be enjoying themselves , ’ she said ; ‘ you 'd have thought that young man Danny had just won a Grand Prix instead of driving round a dodgem track . ’
16 You 'd have thought that re-creating it on stage would have the same effect on a modern-day director .
17 So I 'd have thought that erm you could put four or six , four or six people on that .
18 I 'd have thought that what is , what is
19 Who 'd have thought that Shrewsbury would be in control here but with twelve minutes of the second half gone they are .
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