He would have liked to died when he saw the exam results.

As fate would have it, the last bus arrived just as we reached the stop.

She told me she ran into my long-lost brother at the grocery store — would you believe it?

When the museum closed early and the streets fell silent, you would think the whole neighborhood had vanished.

I found a first edition of that book in a thrift store, would you believe?

In negotiations he reminded everyone of the proverb the cat would eat fish but would not wet her feet, to warn that wanting benefits while avoiding costs is unrealistic.

I would rather die than spend an entire weekend organizing my grandmother's attic.

I found my grandmother's love letters tucked in an old trunk—who would have known?

Would you be so kind as to let me know if the meeting time changes?

In the dim ballroom, there were faces that would stop a clock, each more eerily beautiful than the last.