Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] that i [vb mod] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You might think that I would have been happy to go on improving my golf handicap , ’ he said . |
| 2 | If I sat still and did not do anything then nothing else could happen that I might have to cope with . |
| 3 | I was contemplating going back to Reggane , but if the map was wrong , then that would mean that I would have to walk back this way . |
| 4 | Now they were making it clear that they expected more from her : " If I had done reasonably well , they would say that I should have done better , and if I had done badly , they would ask , " What 's wrong with you ? " " |
| 5 | By now most readers will know that I will have left Woodworker as you read this , and indeed by now the editor 's chair supports the capable frame of Zach Taylor . |
| 6 | No doubt it will transpire that I must have known this Paykhull . ’ |
| 7 | No doubt if I can not break out of the convention of thinking as though I were a detached Ego contemplating unmoved both the possible consequences and my fear of them , it will seem that I can have no reason to stop smoking unless I recognize some further imperative such as ‘ Take care of your health ’ . |
| 8 | PAMELA : Sir , when you consider that I had no prospect before me but dishonour , you will allow that I should have seemed very little in earnest in my profession of honesty not to endeavour to get away . |
| 9 | I can see that I may have a little difficulty explaining this first part of my story , especially to anyone not acquainted with the often bizarre rituals of academic life . |
| 10 | I can see that I will have to get away from this stinking city with its endless acres of asphalted rumour , its tenements of whores and pimps , its traffic in misery and its festering suburbs of ding-dong doorbelled malice . |