Example sentences of "would [adv] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember feeling a bit disappointed as I went to school on the morning of my birthday — I 'd rather have stayed home and finished the aviary . |
| 2 | Not that there have n't been mornings when he 'd rather have stayed in bed . |
| 3 | I 'd rather have said it all to his face ! |
| 4 | Frankly she 'd rather have dragged on comfortable old jeans and a sweatshirt , but she knew the children would expect the Aurora Blake they 'd seen on television , and she could n't disappoint them . |
| 5 | All in all , I 'd rather have missed the pharmacist . |
| 6 | All in all , I 'd rather have missed the pharmacist . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd rather have given the bastards the cab ranks than see Antney dead . ’ |
| 8 | I was n't too impressed with this — I 'd rather have seen a film — but Andy thought it was all right , so I did too . |
| 9 | I 'd rather have have a cup of tea |
| 10 | He 'd rather have had warm feet at that moment . |
| 11 | ‘ I should think she 'd rather have had sixpence instead of the fond farewell . |
| 12 | I expect when he was a little boy he 'd rather have had a Bible for his birthday than anything else in the world , even a bicycle . |
| 13 | I 'd rather have had a knife . |
| 14 | She said she 'd rather have had some lilac bathsalts , the sort that crumpled to silk in the water . |
| 15 | He said I 'd rather have had two tins of vegetable soup , he said with a nice pot of potatoes . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd rather have spoken to my family personally . |
| 17 | She 'd rather have caught pneumonia and died . |
| 18 | And er er the week following we 'd all have to spell the word we 'd chose . |
| 19 | yeah , yeah , unless they 're old , old ones yeah and they 'd all have to fit would n't they ? |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd only have done it for the money , ’ she admits , ‘ It was a bit of a mish-mash . ’ |
| 21 | He 'd only have wanted us to be happy . ’ |
| 22 | She 'd be hurt , angry , filled with hatred … but he 'd only have to touch her to have her dizzy with excitement in his arms again . |
| 23 | No , well you 'd only have to , you 'd only have to take one board up maybe two . |
| 24 | You 'd only have to take two boards up out of the lot . |
| 25 | ‘ Just as well , you 'd only have annoyed him . ’ |
| 26 | Now she 'd only have to sneeze and the whole damn thing would slide off her shoulders and into a heap on the floor , in which case she might fairly be accused of trying too hard . |
| 27 | I ca n't play that sort of trick on him — besides , I 'd only have to agree to another date . ’ |
| 28 | No , she 'd only have to go through the same rigmarole to get out . |
| 29 | They wo n't like it in here , too hot ; but it 's quicker for the morning , otherwise I 'd only have to cross the yard to get them . |
| 30 | Because then they knew that we a couple of the kids were really terrified of him and if they 'd only have to hear his his footsteps walking up the street and they 'd start to shake . |