Example sentences of "i would have [vb pp] a " in BNC.

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1 I 'd have done I 'd have done a quick , a little man carrying a bag with dollars
2 I 'd have felt a lot happier . ’
3 If I 'd been planning to abandon you , as you so melodramatically put it , I 'd have made a much better job of it .
4 ‘ Do you really believe I 'd have blown a career I loved just to get even with you for something that happened ten years ago ?
5 The acoustic in the solo works is a shade reverberant , and I 'd have liked a longer gap after the Concerto , but the recording quality throughout is very acceptable .
6 I 'd have liked a job but you could n't , because the men had to be looked after , you just had to be there .
7 Head of Department : ‘ Yes , I 'd have liked a deputy Head of House , without increment … disappointed over that . ’
8 I 'd have liked a lamb .
9 ‘ If I 'd thought we were going on a lecture tour , I 'd have brought a notepad and a lunchbox .
10 I 'd have got a nasty shock otherwise .
11 And I reckon Sunday I 'd have got a lift home .
12 I 'd have had a job , ’ said Simon .
13 ‘ Besides , if it was n't for the cuts , I 'd have had a permanent job by now .
14 I 'd been paying tax and national insurance for 12 years before I found myself having to make a claim and if I 'd been putting the money in a building society I 'd have had a lot more than I eventually got out of them . ’
15 If I had a father-in-law as cold and unfeeling as Prince Philip — not to mention a mother-in-law more concerned with protocol than emotions and a husband who prefers to talk to his plants — I 'd have had a nervous breakdown by now .
16 ‘ You should have let me know you were coming earlier , I 'd have had a car waiting at the airport for you . ’
17 I mean I , it 's no good me husbands to look af , I I this is my second husband but er with my first husband er I I sort of erm if it 's been left to him , God bless him , he 's dead now but if it 'd been left to him I 'd have had a houseful of children you know .
18 Under other circumstances I 'd have had a snappy answer for her .
19 If I 'd had my nailfile with me I 'd have had a go at it .
20 Otherwise I 'd have put a brick through your window .
21 I 'd have married a boatman to get out . ’
22 If I 'd known you did n't , I 'd have tried a different way …
23 I 'd have preferred a book that told a few truths , or even a few lies .
24 I 'd have preferred a bottle of Chardonnay to be quite honest , but that did the job . ’
25 If you were sleeping with me , I 'd have booked a double room .
26 I know Everton are crap , ordinarily I 'd have predicted a Leeds win , but with the toffees loosing 3–0 at home on Saturday to QPR they will be doubly determined to get a result of some sort .
27 I 'd have drawn a market .
28 I sound like Piers , she thought suddenly , when a few months ago I would have giggled a bit at a remark like that .
29 I thought that , in spite of the noise of the birds , I would have heard a hammer going down there along the cliffs .
30 I might as well have had that shower , she thought drily ; at least I would have felt a hundred times more human .
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