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Sorry, MP, but every NFL game that ends with less of a 7 pt. margin of victory is a "would'a could'a should'a" deal ...
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Yup, W Bush definitely had his own rearranged time-spaced-out continuum and since he and da Cheney usually had their words pre-spun, it would'a made sense that they'd have their feet in their mouths waaay ahead of anybody's downed plane schedule!
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'Cause ifanyof ya had said so, I would'a gone and told Mister Jones just to go 'head on and tear it down,' he said with a dramatic wave of his arm.
Flower as Big as the Sky Matt Dennison 2010
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I play this game so well, that if I hadn't lost it, I would'a won it.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor: Samoa: The Chicken Whisperer 2009
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Yasmin's wonderfully still-self-delusional exit speech to us: "I personally feel like I'm such a strong competitor that, had I made it to the end, it would'a been really hard not to vote for me."
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor: Samoa: The Chicken Whisperer 2009
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Hamilton, whose books would'a been in paperback on the thin racks outside of the view of the doorway three decades ago.
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As my grandma would'a said … If Marcotte's going to be the new rhetorical role model for these folks, I'm going to have to invest heavily in antacids and eyewash.
Arrogance Unleashed 2007
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'' The could'a, would'a, should'a, '' receiver Lee Evans said, nodding in disappointment.
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So if some slave knew who it was that yo 'mama was seein' he would'a done hisself a big favor by tellin 'Master Tobias his name. An' onceit Tobias knowed who that slave was he was sure to end up in Mr. Stewart's shack.
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But I wonder, would the Lewis and Clark Expedition have been even MORE successful if them two non-thinkers would'a known how to spell???
Testy with Tester David 2005
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