Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] i have [adv] " in BNC.

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1 " Now at last " , said Richard , " I must believe what I had always thought was impossible . "
2 ‘ Then perhaps you should take what I have just been saying even more seriously .
3 No I 'll leave it I have n't got one fifty I do n't think .
4 It would be good to see old England again and even if I did n't find her I could tell myself I 'd just tried that little bit .
5 I 'd get everything I 've ever wanted . ’
6 Because you would want one I had n't got .
7 Fey was something they would tell me I had just invented , but it is something that never left me during the entire period I was an Instructor and sadly I was to learn very shortly after he left Kinloss that he did not survive very long on the squadron that he joined .
8 ‘ In the circumstances , you may find what I have here of some interest . ’
9 Or you can do what I have just said , which is , say ‘ I , I 've made a mistake there , I think I 'll do it again , what I want to say is this . ’
10 How many more times will it take before I can convince you I have n't seen or heard anything remotely suspicious ? ’
11 ‘ I can assure you I 've never had the misfortune to meet your criminally motivated friend , but might I suggest that if you 're going to be paranoid about your picture you put it in a bank vault for safety ? ’
12 If you think I 've forgotten how to rough a man up , I can assure you I have n't .
13 I can assure you I have never slammed a woman in my life . ’
14 ‘ I can tell you I 've just bought a Peugeot 205 diesel for my son , ’ he smiled .
15 But at least in the midst of my misery I can own what I have instead of feeling I am a pawn in another 's game with rules that I can not stick to or change .
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