Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] [vb pp] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , I may have given him the impression , with the urgency of youth possessed of strong convictions , that I wanted at all costs to have something published on this subject . |
| 2 | A Celtic pantheon of gods whirled about my head , and I may have got them a bit mixed up here . |
| 3 | I ought to have brought you a bit more up-to-date with the current situation as far as CVs are concerned here . |
| 4 | Or are you saying I should have given you a child ? ’ |
| 5 | I should have given you the benefit of the doubt . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose I should have given you the choice before I took matters into my own hands . ’ |
| 7 | I should have hit him a lot harder in the first place . |
| 8 | Yet , when I was seven years old , I should have thought him a very silly little boy indeed not to have understood about metaphorically speaking , even if he had never heard of it , and it does seem that what he possessed in the way of scientific approach he lacked in common sense . |
| 9 | I should have told you the Huns have balloons the way you have the runs , but they are short of skilled observers ? |
| 10 | I should have taken you a walk tonight . |
| 11 | ‘ I should have brought you a present , ’ she said . |
| 12 | But if I had expected anything , I should have expected something a little more … |
| 13 | I might have made you a loan , or found some other way to help you out . ’ |
| 14 | I might have saved myself the trouble , as the family remained together for only a short time afterwards ; my sisters married , leaving only my mother and myself at home … |
| 15 | I could 've told it no different . ’ |
| 16 | I could have saved myself the trouble . |
| 17 | ‘ If you 'd asked , I could have saved you the trouble , ’ said Connor pleasantly . |
| 18 | And that , I I was , my hus , during the time mother was ill , my husband took ill , now this is where authorities do n't give you any back up , instead of sending him to hospital which was fifteen minutes by bus , I could have visited him every day they sent him to the other side of the county which only allowed a visit once a week , and meant I had to leave at twelve o'clock and get home at six ! |
| 19 | I could have given him a straight rejection , but I suppose that was not in my nature . |
| 20 | And I could have given you a bad one Dr I could have given you a good one . |
| 21 | And I could have given you a bad one Dr I could have given you a good one . |
| 22 | I reckon if I had had a flat and everything I could have given it a try . |
| 23 | Sarella turned in time to catch Marc 's worried glance following the reckless path of the jeep , but then he turned , and she could almost believe she 'd imagined that fleeting expression when he gave her a cynical smile and said , ‘ If it 's proverbs he wants I could have swopped him a more appropriate one . ’ |
| 24 | I could have told you every single item of food I had in the cupboard every , down to the last bean ! |
| 25 | It was softly lit and there was music with a man trying to sing : I could have shown him a thing or two . |
| 26 | I 'd have called him a mother 's boy . |
| 27 | If I 'd thought of it I 'd have sent her a message : You wo n't be welcome . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd have given you a reference , Cameron , ’ she says quietly . |
| 29 | ‘ If you were n't Eddie 's kid sister I 'd have given you a far harder ride for what you 've just accused me of this evening , so do n't push your luck , Dr Kate Ash , because you might come to regret it ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ If I 'd known you were going to be so quick I 'd have given you a lift . ’ |