Example sentences of "but [adv] i [vb mod] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and they look quite good , but irritatingly I could have done with them , after the first workshop . |
| 2 | Er I did bring it with me to give to but obviously I 'll have to send it now . |
| 3 | I do n't know how , but somehow I would have stopped . ’ |
| 4 | I mean I could n't have , what with being sick and everything , but still I would have liked to tell everyone that I was pregnant . |
| 5 | I could show her a bit of Indian , Chinese or Middle Eastern , all heavily adapted , because I like messing around with other people 's culinary canons , but mainly I 'd have to show her my version of Italian , and the liberties I 've taken with that do n't bear repetition . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's a particularly nasty thing to say , but maybe I should have expected it of you . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll go back to my dad 's business until Christmas but then I 'll have to look for another job , hopefully I 'll be able to stay in golf . |
| 8 | I 'm thinking I finish at three tomorrow but then I 'll have to get home , Annette , I said to Annette I 'd be there by about four |
| 9 | The army was all right , but then I should have gone into agricultural life . |
| 10 | But then I should have known it , should n't I ? |
| 11 | that 's all , but then I 'd have to keep blow drying and it every day . |
| 12 | ‘ The Pope and maybe a Guinness salesman , but otherwise I 'd have to say probably not . |