Example sentences of "would have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should have rushed back here , started up the engines and dashed out to sea , and we 'd have sent a police launch or the local equivalent of the Customs and Excise after them . ’ |
| 2 | If Tim had been Czar of Russia he 'd have made a better job of it than the nincompoops that were . |
| 3 | He wondered if he 'd have made a good interior designer . |
| 4 | If she had wanted to stay she 'd have made a song and dance , but it was better to move . |
| 5 | But now you 'll never know whether he 'd have made a move or not , will you ? |
| 6 | Normally , she 'd have made a fuss about those things , but today it did n't seem to matter somehow . |
| 7 | The doctors told me they had high hopes that in a year you 'd have made a full recovery . |
| 8 | I 'd have thought you 'd have made a better job of it . ’ |
| 9 | If I 'd been planning to abandon you , as you so melodramatically put it , I 'd have made a much better job of it . |
| 10 | If she 'd jumped into the water she 'd have made a splash . ’ |
| 11 | If you 'd have made a story up that 's it something else , I wo I would n't have known it 's running . |
| 12 | They 'd have made a fortune ! |
| 13 | I 'd have felt a lot happier . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 15 | There 's another in the keep would have done just as well , but seal or no seal , they 'd have wanted a better tale than I could think of before they 'd have given me the keys of the keep . |
| 16 | Practising freekicks , with no ball , on no pretext other than looking as if you 'd have done a marvellous job if there had been a ball . |
| 17 | He 'd have done a par about the lead in his pencil if you 'd asked him — a stick and a half — a column — whatever you needed ; and all of it full of wit and erudition . ’ |
| 18 | But I think if er if he 'd have had a firm 's input , that wanted something designing , he 'd he 'd have done a lot better . |
| 19 | How many of these locks do you think you 'd have done a day of the cylinder lock ? |
| 20 | Erm but I do n't think we , if we 'd have done a lot more work you know , it 'd have been any better . |
| 21 | I 'd have done I 'd have done a quick , a little man carrying a bag with dollars |
| 22 | And he 'd have written a thing I 'm just using William George as an example of course . |
| 23 | He 'd have gone a different route , they could have gone to see him after . |
| 24 | I wish they 'd have gone a bit faster . |
| 25 | He 'd have gone a bit |
| 26 | Yeah they 'd have said a drake otherwise . |
| 27 | She 'd have liked a nice cup of milky tea . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Head of Department : ‘ Yes , I 'd have liked a deputy Head of House , without increment … disappointed over that . ’ |