Example sentences of "have [be] [adj] [conj] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd 've been quicker if I 'd gone down into Brentwood , picked up the M twenty five and gone on the A one M |
| 2 | It would 've been easier if I got into dealing again , but I ca n't afford any more heavy scenes with the law . |
| 3 | ‘ You must 've been surprised when I answered the door . ’ |
| 4 | Later a radio interviewer from KQED asked me if I 'd been frightened and I said , truthfully , no , adding that maybe I was just too slow and stupid . |
| 5 | She could n't have been asleep when I lifted the ledger from her lap and scanned its pages : she must have been watching me all the time . |
| 6 | I would have been safer if I 'd been better at games or cleverer . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , and you 'd have been grateful that I 'd gone . |
| 8 | ‘ But my form for the South West in the Divisionals must have been better than I thought . |
| 9 | Yes I did know she was going to be in Caracas and No I did n't tell you and Yes that was wrong but would it have been better if I 'd told you ? |
| 10 | It 'd have been better if I 'd told him to go ahead up against the tree . |
| 11 | It 'd have been better if I 'd kept them two . |
| 12 | Tim said : ‘ It would have been easier if I had stolen the family silver , would n't it ? ’ |
| 13 | But I could have been wrong and I had no means of checking my suspicions . |
| 14 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 15 | It could have been different if I had been accepted for the Forces , but this way I mean to make Marion my wife and I hope … well … well ’ — he jerked his head upwards — ‘ I may as well say it , that if I have a son , or for second best , a daughter , to carry on here . |
| 16 | ‘ Look , I may have been angry when I found out but … ’ |
| 17 | If he 'd been following me he would have to have been close because I had gone straight to the camera , and I would have heard him , even in the wind . |
| 18 | And you must understand : to appreciate the pessimism I feel today you would need to have been present when I formed the optimism. , |
| 19 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 20 | Because of the track , navigation had been easy and I had been leaving my sextant in the Land Rover . |
| 21 | My sparrow had been lucky that I scared the cat off when I did . |
| 22 | Friends who were not knitters had been amazed that I had never met any of the people that I would be staying with . |
| 23 | I did n't even know if they had been responsible but I had nothing more to offer . |
| 24 | I was n't deceived , for Nour had been kind when I had been what he called ‘ good ’ , and I had thought that a new Nour had been born who was made for me , designed for all my needs and desires , and we would be unchangingly happy together until the end of time . |
| 25 | ‘ Supporters have been brilliant since I took over and I hope they will continue to back the team . |
| 26 | ‘ The last few weeks have been difficult because I did n't know how I was fixed . |
| 27 | ‘ The last few weeks have been difficult because I did n't know how I was fixed . |
| 28 | It 's just that today 's been strange and I thought maybe , oh . ’ |
| 29 | It 's in my Quarter , of course — I do n't know how long he 's been dead but I went up there and the doctor was still there . |