Example sentences of "be [adj] [that] i [vb mod] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | In private conversation he told Asquith " I am afraid that I shall have to show myself very vicious Mr Asquith this session . |
| 2 | I am sure that I would have got on with both men , famously well . |
| 3 | Had I been asked to imagine myself as I would have looked during that time , you can be sure that I would have had the beautiful gown , the ruffled frill and the bejewelled fingers of a lady . |
| 4 | If it were not , you may be sure that I would have arranged a better climate for the Brits than the Lord has seen fit to give them . ’ |
| 5 | He seems to think that it is fair that I should have first crack since I am the one who has carried the worms about for the last umpteen days . |
| 6 | ‘ It is true that I could have braved the scandal , brazened it out , ’ Theda admitted , ‘ but either fear or pride , perhaps — ’ |
| 7 | Even if it 's true that I would have gone to prison to protect somebody else or make some dubious point about the freedom of the press , I know I 'd only have been doing it to make myself look good . |
| 8 | ‘ Danker , ’ said the man in battle-dress , and to me : ‘ Hullo , old boy ’ as if it was inevitable that I should have come there some time or other , and went on throwing the ball about . |
| 9 | But Lawson then covers his back : ‘ For a time I was concerned that I might have made the wrong choice as Chief Secretary — a view I suspect was shared by John Major himself . ’ |
| 10 | I was n't listening and it was important that I should have picked that up . |
| 11 | Eliot was worried that I should have money troubles with Lewis , and in this he was right . |