Example sentences of "'d [adv] have [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said I 'd rather have had two tins of vegetable soup , he said with a nice pot of potatoes . |
| 2 | He 'd rather have had warm feet at that moment . |
| 3 | She said she 'd rather have had some lilac bathsalts , the sort that crumpled to silk in the water . |
| 4 | Personally , I 'd not have made any heavyweight preparations but avoided giving any clues until the last moment . |
| 5 | It was nearly a year since Dunkirk , and if they 'd been going to come , surely they 'd not have waited this long . |
| 6 | ‘ If they were gold , they 'd not have lasted undisturbed so long . ’ |
| 7 | She 'd probably have slapped another man 's face for that , she realised wearily — either that or lobbed back a playfully witty rejoinder . |
| 8 | He 'd probably have admitted any of the local police whom he personally knew , particularly if it were a detective concerned with a recent case . |
| 9 | She 'd never have waited this long . |
| 10 | ‘ You 'd never have done this if your grandfather had been alive ! ’ |
| 11 | I 'd never have guessed that . |
| 12 | This , if not mere coincidence , may be some strange legacy , for our heroine is — you 'd never have guessed this one — really an aristocratic heiress who was given at birth to a gypsy family . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd never have got such a bargain on my own , ’ he said . |
| 14 | You see , he is adaptable , and has managed to fill his days and pay his way by having a go at a variety of jobs that he 'd never have contemplated three or four years ago . |
| 15 | If it had n't been for me they 'd never have nicked any guitars and there would have been no group . |