Modal Perfect: Unfulfilled Conditionals (C2)

If we'd left half an hour earlier, we ___ all this rush-hour traffic.

If she weren't so naturally cautious, she ___ that promotion when it was offered last spring.

Any competent mechanic ___ that gearbox fault on the first inspection.

Had you arrived ten minutes earlier, you ___ the opening keynote in person.

But for the torrential rain in the final, we ___ the championship outright.

If the warning system had worked properly, we ___ the leak before it reached the data centre.

If he were a better listener generally, he ___ this whole misunderstanding at Tuesday's meeting.

Luckily he warned us about the dodgy contractor — otherwise, we ___ a small fortune on the wrong firm.

Had it not been for the surgeon's quick thinking, the patient ___ the operation.

Without your last-minute review of my pull request, I ___ that bug into production on Friday.

A more experienced lawyer ___ a much stronger defence in those circumstances.

But for that 24-hour delay at the border, the package ___ in time for Christmas Eve.

If only I'd listened to my parents in my twenties, I ___ this whole financial mess.

Were it not for the strict union rules currently in place, the company ___ those positions long before now.

In another era, a remark like that ___ a full-blown national scandal overnight.