If they had loved knowledge, they wouldn’t’ve cared if I’d’ve ripped off their old steeple and dropped it down like an extinguisher on top of some factory chimney.
I suppose he desarved it; but, if I’d been on th’ jury, I’d’ve starved to death befure I’d give th’ verdict.
1990, Joel & Ethan Coen, Miller's Crossing, Tom Reagan
If I'd known we were gonna cast our feelings into words, I'd've memorized the Song of Solomon.
1997, Susan Isaacs, Lily White, page 64
All the names he uses, I get mixed up, even though the last time he tested me I only got one wrong. If I’d’ve used Dan, they wouldn’t have traced the car back to the apartment.
1998, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, page 251
"We can't," said Ron gloomily. "We keep all our old subjects, or I'd've ditched Defense Against the Dark Arts."
