Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] have [vb pp] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like a politician I may have overstated my case to make my point . |
| 2 | However , I can only look at most of the styles you feature with envy as I have been very silly and think I may have damaged my hair forever . |
| 3 | Spitting Image creator Roger Law joked : ‘ I think I may have lost my OBE over this . ’ |
| 4 | I must have kept my end up successfully , though , for just before he left Dennis sought me out and invited me to dinner the following Friday . |
| 5 | I must have brushed my back against her breasts , but then the touch of her was over and she shouted , ‘ How about lunch ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Sorry , I must have lost my place in the script . |
| 7 | I must have left my door open , and I 'm usually so careful . |
| 8 | At any rate , I must have dropped my car keys quite without knowing it . |
| 9 | I think I must have had my weight to the front of the bike , you know , coming up on the braking . |
| 10 | ‘ I should have worn my welly boots , ’ his sister Claire says to herself . |
| 11 | I 've told him you think I should have called my son — what is it ? ’ |
| 12 | There are some instructions I should have given my secretary . ’ |
| 13 | I should have kept my temper , she thought frantically ; I should never have tried to push him into the stream in the first place . |
| 14 | I should have kept my mouth shut because he manoeuvred his machine until it was touching my midriff . |
| 15 | I should have kept my silence , for the only purpose my words served was to demonstrate my disbelief in Billingsley 's outrageous explanation . |
| 16 | The nineteenth-century physiologist , physicist and psychologist , von Helmholtz , who contributed substantially to every discipline that he engaged in , described the process thus : It was always necessary , first of all , that I should have turned my problem over on all sides to such an extent that I had all its angles and complexities " in my head " and could run through them freely without writing … |
| 17 | Yes alright Oh I should have bought my work with me , my stump work with me to show you . |
| 18 | ‘ I should have thought my meaning was clear enough , even to the most limited intelligence . |
| 19 | ‘ They told me that I should have put my whip down and tried to stop my horse from hanging . ’ |
| 20 | I should have put my foot down there . ’ |
| 21 | I should have phrased my question differently : ‘ In cases of mental illness , what do you think of psychoanalysis as a form of treatment ? ’ |
| 22 | I do n't think that even though by next year I would be a bit better of in the sense that I should have sold my house bought something cheaper and have some capital invested so that I have a little extra monthly income . |
| 23 | Yes , yes I do n't think that on our next buy , what with the next year I would be a bit better off in the sense that I should have sold my house , bought something cheaper and have some capital invested so I have a little extra monthly income , I should be living in somewhere that 's cheaper to run |
| 24 | I only just caught the train , and when , a quarter of an hour later , we pulled in to Lochgair , and I should have got my bag and quit the Sprinter and walked to the house and finally have talked — sober , and not in the context of a game of Alternative Charades — to my father , and apologised , and spent the three hours until the next Glasgow train with my mother and father in some longed-for spirit of reconciliation , I did nothing of the sort . |
| 25 | Looking back I am increasingly grateful to the many people who took a share in this fortunate happening , though now I realise that I might have expressed my gratitude to them more often and more appreciatively . |
| 26 | I thought I might have lost my job , but I was n't sure . |
| 27 | I might have broken my luck had I been able to get over the Alps on a raid to Turin on 11 June . |
| 28 | Then , in missing the trial because of my collarbone injury , I thought I might have missed my chance because Greig Oliver played very well in the trial . |
| 29 | Oh I think I might have finished my tape actually . |
| 30 | I might have held my end up in a brawl with a three year old kid , if the kid was n't feeling too good either . |