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  • I don't know exactly what would have happened if he hadn't've been, but I think it would have been what Wireman calls mucho feo - very ugly.

    Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008

  • If you hadn't've spoke up slick I'd have bu'st your face in, sonny.

    A Thief in the Night: a Book of Raffles' Adventures 1893

  • If Hamilton hadn't've crashed with 2 laps to go ... entry

    Wonderduck's Pond 2010

  • Well if they hadn't've got Caesar, they would've got famine and blood.

    A Trout In The Milk 2009

  • Well if they hadn't've got Caesar, they would've got famine and blood.

    A Trout In The Milk 2009

  • You know, if all you snarkmeisters hadn't've interfered (or if you'd done so more creatively), you could've had a sweet trollwar up there.

    Sadly, No! 2009

  • If I hadn't've hurried, that car would have turned into a pumpkin. "

    Beard 2010

  • The tragedy of Lyndon Johnson is "hadn't've been for Vietnam ….

    Caro's L.B.J. Opus About Real Sumbitch Is Really a Beauty 2002

  • I can't see how those good people would've set to talking amongst themselves if they hadn't've thought I was through. "

    The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

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