Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] [pers pn] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I should have said they 're from Gianni Versace ! ’ |
2 | I should have thought it was at the bottom |
3 | It was hard to be certain but she was pretty sure he had n't , and she imagined she must have assumed he was on duty at the hospital . |
4 | He must have known we were in the doorway . |
5 | ‘ You must have known you were in it . ’ |
6 | He concludes : ‘ So although at first it is also natural for civilized people to condemn out of hand what I had just witnessed as disgraceful heathen bestiality , they , too , if they were honest might come to feel it was at least partly redeemed by the genuine religious conviction on which it is based . ’ |
7 | That the kakar had seen the tigress was quite evident , and the only place where she could have seen her was on the track . |
8 | The Doctor looked away from Bernice for a moment , and she could have sworn it was with genuine remorse . |
9 | ‘ If you and Daphne had been young today , ’ Tina said , ‘ I suppose you 'd have realized you were in love with each other and just lived together . ’ |
10 | ‘ Then I could show Mother Francis that I 'd be back up in the convent in time for Mass in the chapel , and she 'd get to know I was to be relied on . ’ |
11 | To be fair to John he may have thought he was on an already completed route , but the absence of the first bolt , a well established sign of a ‘ projet ’ , should have been respected . |
12 | We would like to think we 're on the right road to producing a successful senior line-up . ’ |
13 | I would have said they were in their forties . |
14 | ‘ At one point during dinner , Stevens , I would have sworn you were at least three people , ’ she said and laughed . |
15 | If men naturally enjoy mathematical stimuli more than social stimuli then I would have thought they were at least equally well equipped to deal with the socially isolating position of working at home — and possibly better equipped to deal with everyday geometrical shapes such as vegetables , kitchen sinks and washing machines . |
16 | prove that this technology was n't so great as one would have thought it was without the ground troops . |
17 | You would have thought I was under arrest . ’ |
18 | Agnes moved closer to her sister and cried at her , ‘ And who would have thought you were outside consorting with one of the Feltons , eh ? |