Would-ve Sentence Examples

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  • That would've been nice to know.

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  • Now, he could deliver what he'd always promised-- a life together-- yet she didn't feel like leaping for joy like she would've a year ago.

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  • I would've spent every day with you, if you hadn't done what you did.

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  • Her eyes settled on a form across the street, so still and dark he would've been a shadow if not for his presence beneath a street lamp.

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  • Her father never would've shown such restraint.

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  • He sat down across from Deidre, and she would've tried to run again, if her body worked right.

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  • I would've done the same.

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  • No matter what Rhyn would've said, the damage was done.

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  • If not for Hannah's surprised silence, she would've refused him.

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  • Something terrible would've had to happen to break the connection between Damian and her.

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  • Irritated, she would've ignored it if not for Toby, who snatched it in excitement.

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  • Basically. Or would've been, if Darkyn hadn't decided to honor the informal deal he made with her.

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  • If Darkyn told him about the death dealers attacking his mate, Gabriel would've ignored him.

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  • He'd loved her once, and he would've bet his soul she loved him.

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  • Damian would've expelled me by now.

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  • If Darkyn didn't want you, he never would've let that mark form on you.

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  • If he spoke with anger or frustration or anything other than the quiet, impassioned tone, she would've been able to handle the news better.

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  • I thought your boss would've airlifted you out.

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  • Without Tim, none of them would've survived in the first place.

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  • Because I would've taken the northern.

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  • Kris would've helped you.

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  • I would've told him I loved him.

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  • They would've had to listen.

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  • He would've turned tail and run.

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  • With your long list of enemies, I'm not certain which would've sent them.

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  • If I ever intended to hurt you, I would've by now.

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  • It was a far cry from the woman who ran away screaming from the soul she accidentally touched last week or the goddess who would've commanded him rather than risk getting her hands dirty.

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  • He would.ve taken her and run away somewhere safe where no one would ever find them, as he initially wanted to do.

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  • If he could've saved my father and mother, he would've.

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  • Evelyn would've laughed had Kiera not appeared so terrified and bewildered.

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  • Of all the things to think about, she couldn't get the prisoner out of her thoughts, even when Evelyn returned with sweet bread she normally would've pounced on.

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  • My sister would've been a much wiser choice, and far more beautiful.

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  • He'd dreaded his first steps on his planet, fearing it, too, would've lost faith in him.

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  • If anything, the strikes look like something that would've occurred during the East-West Civil War.

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  • The attacks on the coast occurred simultaneously with nukes that would've been impossible to hide, let alone smuggle into the country.

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  • Greenie would've figured it out.

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  • She would've let him do anything to her on the couch.

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  • I see them once a year at most, but you had access to me and the government's secrets that would've put you in danger had anyone found out.

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  • There was no electricity in this part of the state, and looters would've likely taken everything.

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  • If not for Mr. Tim, this would've been her fate.

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  • We thought she would be in one of them or at least, would've left some sign she was.

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  • You saw in him what I've always seen and no one else has.  He would do for me what I did for him.  Trading my soul to Death was not an easy decision, but I never would've done it for anyone else.

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  • If we would've lived through this, I'd name our baby Hazel.

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  • But I don't know where the demons would've taken her.

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  • It didn't seem far.  I would've thought we'd be there by now.

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  • It had been Andre's mantra, and Kris had always done what he thought Andre would've wanted.

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  • No normal ten-year-old would've come to the underworld to find me.

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  • I would've thought he would've supported you mating with someone more powerful.

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  • She leaned into him again, this time whispering husky words that would've made him blush years ago.

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  • I never would've been open to Bianca if there hadn't been that … change within me.

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  • A life with Claire would've been more hellish than a life with the Black God, he said with a smile.

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  • And it would've prevented a life with you.

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  • Damian would've exploded by now, probably decimating everything in the vicinity.

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  • To let her go free would've been a mistake.

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  • Jenn didn't remember a time when she would've looked twice at a dead man.

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  • He'd blocked the strike that probably would've killed the woman who betrayed him, saving her instead.

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  • You never would've done what you did if we didn't … stack the deck, I believe you say here.

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  • If Ingrid didn't know how to hide his money in offshore accounts, she would've been gone long ago.

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  • Surprised he backed down, Jessi would've relaxed, if her body wasn't on edge.

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  • You would've pushed him down that path eventually.

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  • I would've left you in the immortal world, if she didn't force me to make the promise to help you.

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  • Every other woman would've caved the first day before nine in the morning.

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  • He would've destroyed a world for her and refused to surrender the only reminder he retained.

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  • All she had to do was trust him Monday, and she would've spent the week with him, instead of two nights.

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  • Talon would've been happy blowing her up, if she'd been there, but Czerno wants her.

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  • If Dusty's phone hadn't rung, he would've retorted sharply enough to piss off even the Watcher.

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  • If the Black God was anyone else, Talon would've killed him several times over by now.

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  • Where the altar would've been were two long buffet tables lined with weapons.

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  • Instead, she pushed open a door leading to a small balcony overlooking what would've been a large garden, prior to the vamps arrival.

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  • Another thought crossed Damian's mind, one that told him his little Oracle must've known who Jonny would've chosen to send him in exchange for Jenn.

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  • They're Guardians and guardsmen who would've seen you dead.

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  • If what you say is true, and I am an Original Being, I would've been released to ensure Damian's transition to the White God went over smoothly.

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  • Your skills as an Oracle were terrible, but he would've mated with you anyway, he corrected her.

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  • You would've done the same thing if the situation was reversed.

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  • He definitely never would've spoken to her like this, as if … …as if he was Death and she was not.

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  • He would've gutted past-Death earlier if so.

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  • Past-Death would've figured it out.

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  • You would've burnt the place down on your way out the door if you could.

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  • I would've broken Immortal Code and interfered had I known, Gabriel said.

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  • There was a time when A'Ran would've scoffed at Jetr's mention of a favor.

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  • Which would've been fine, for an Anshan woman, but appeared to be nothing short of torture to her.

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  • There was a time before they were exiled where he would've been ashamed to see them in such plain clothing.

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  • He didn't believe Rhyn would've made the right decisions all along, but he couldn't deny that the half-demon wasn't the creature he remembered Andre sending to Hell.

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  • Katie couldn't help the bubble of happy laughter that escaped.  Death chuckled with her then motioned to the stairwell Toby was desperately trying to pull Katie towards.  They ran through the palace.  Katie trailed the angel until they reached a small chamber she would've mistaken as a janitor's closet on the top level.  Toby wrenched open the door and ducked into the dark room.  A portal glowed in the center.  Katie entered, overwhelmed by the thought of leaving.

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  • Your father would've put you in the Guardians long ago, Jule corrected him.

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  • The mental blow would've destroyed a human's mind and scrambled a Guardian's indefinitely.

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  • I never would've been open to Bianca if there hadn't been that … change within me.

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  • You never would've done what you did if we didn't … stack the deck, I believe you say here.

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  • Michael, Brian is 13 so maybe a bit of Xmas cheer would've been more appropriate, rather than a mocking reply.

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  • I would've turned into the Californian hippy in the Buddhist cafe, eating dhal and awaiting his guru.

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  • Several would've probably been better served by being included in other volumes, while several should probably have been left unpublished.

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  • You can still get a beautiful, glowing faux tan-just like the one you would've gotten from the pros.

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  • I know what you both mean, I don't plan on ratting anyone out, I think that's wrong, for me to tell him if she was cheating since well... it'll make him upset and he probably would've wanted to hear it from one of his guy friends instead.

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  • Hilton, who testified that she thought her license was only suspended for 30 days, said, "I never would've been driving if my license was suspended.

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  • On her 1984 cover, she wore a one-piece that was so low-cut it would've had to have been glued in place if she tried to swim in it.

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  • Using online chat rooms may take longer to find someone and require more work, but you may find a quality person who you never would've met on a dating website.

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  • They're the shoes Daisy Duke would've worn if they'd been around for the series.

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  • Colbie Caillat is an example of an artist who would've been restricted to a career in coffee houses if it weren't for Myspace.

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  • You probably would've killed a normal human.

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  • In looking at them again, she could see the time and effort that would've been required to keep them cleaned and sharpened.

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  • If not for Yully's fading energy, Jule would've stayed to make sure Damian's version of chat resembled his and not Dusty's, who was more likely to shoot first and discuss later.

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  • If not for the painful sunlight, she would've looked up at the hushed note in his voice.

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  • All of this would've been avoided.

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  • That path lies in a direction I never would've expected.

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  • I imagine if you had that ability, Darkyn would've discovered it.

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  • Andre's patient smile reminded him of how there was a time when he never would've considered asking for such a favor.

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  • For example, before you ran into her in the mortal world, there was a ninety seven percent chance you would've killed her the first time you met.

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  • On the smallest of chances she was alive, she would've had to find a loophole to surrender her duty without losing her soul.

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  • If she didn't know better, she would've read more into his words.

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  • Otherwise, he would've killed her after stumbling upon her years ago.

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  • Wynn would've seen them walking over but was unfazed by the two men who terrified her.

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  • Much. Would've wiped out the island by now and half of Cuba without realizing he'd done so.

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  • If she survived, she would've probably gone home.

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  • Until a few weeks ago, I would've agreed.

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  • Because of him, more humans are alive than would've been if he wasn't a Guardian.

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  • Or you would've let me go home.

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  • Some of his innate defensive powers remained, or she would've turned him to stone or the Other would've vaporized him.

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  • I think I'm doing pretty damn good, considering I would've been able to kill him if you hadn't shot and run me over, he replied in irritation.

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  • She checked her weapons with scrutiny that would've made her father proud and dressed in dark clothing loose enough for her to fight.

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  • He definitely never would've spoken to her like this, as if … …as if he was Death and she was not.

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  • If not for her unusual power, and his cold magic, she would've considered him crazy.

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  • If she'd had friends, she would've gone to visit one.

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  • The reality of his stark words made her wonder what he would've done in the same situation.

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  • Maybe it was his looming death, or maybe it was the energy from her cool touch that calmed him from the inside out, but he wondered what life would've been like had his family survived.

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  • The Gabriel she remembered would've dropped it and left.

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