Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] [vb pp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the time has come to admit that in my efforts to explain this one valid point I may have misled the reader in other ways . |
| 2 | But I feel I should return just a moment to the matter of my father ; for it strikes me I may have given the impression earlier that I treated him rather bluntly over his declining abilities . |
| 3 | In distinguishing between ( a ) and ( b ) I may have given the impression of wishing to maintain a strict distinction between space and time as against the physical space-time . |
| 4 | I may have abused the trust Dr Kingdom placed in me . ’ |
| 5 | Raymond is n't fond of Jewish cooking and I may have lost the knack . |
| 6 | ‘ I may have got the idea from him in the first place , but that 's all . |
| 7 | by then I may have sold the house and , I mean , as soon as I sell the house |
| 8 | A little too sweet , and I may have overdone the spice . |
| 9 | I supposed that I ought to have brought the Ghost down too , but the priority had been to save myself from what seemed like imminent electrocution . |
| 10 | I must have accepted the prospect of this baby with a vengeance , if I were seriously thinking of knitting as a desirable occupation . |
| 11 | But I must have felt the need for some support , because I found I 'd grabbed hold of one of my hammers — a geologist is always armed with a hammer — and when I got through to the back of the house he was there already , at the kitchen window . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I must have left the garage door open . |
| 13 | I think I must have known the truth about myself , in some deep part of my mind , when I first read those few pages of your book in my master 's study . |
| 14 | I must have underestimated the benefit of my practice with the neighbour 's cat , since my attempt seemed to sail on and on before it thudded to the ground . |
| 15 | I should 've painted the picture |
| 16 | I shot the sheriff but I should 've shot the deputy |
| 17 | Given a set of circumstances — and of course more height — I might have completed a turn onto an adjacent runway , but from low down and with a suitable field ahead I should have treated the reduction as an engine failure , and made an early decision to land . |
| 18 | With hindsight , I know I should have seen the warning signals in the man himself , which I missed through inexperience , but the result was that a cloud of depression , a sense of failure , settled over me , and also over the whole team . |
| 19 | From his next communication I should have heard the warning note : |
| 20 | ‘ I know I should have raised the alarm then and there . |
| 21 | If you had not so stupidly bade me keep quiet , I should have done the trick long since , and you would not have had to leave the place at all . |
| 22 | With such scenes as these continually around me , is it surprising that I should have entertained the idea of collecting examples of the indigenous Mammals of a country whose ornithological productions I had gone out expressly to investigate ? … ’ |
| 23 | Whenever he was out he set himself the task ‘ to study how and why until I discovered how I should have played the ball that beat me ’ . |
| 24 | I should have realized the folly of my timing . |
| 25 | ‘ I should have killed the bastard , ’ Sharpe growled . |
| 26 | I should have made the connection sooner , given that the company was called Airborne Plc , but nobody 's perfect . |
| 27 | I should have turned the tape recorder off for that should n't I ! |
| 28 | Until recently I should have rejected the premise that my earliest years represented some sort of attack upon my individuality and insisted that , on the contrary , I was surrounded with kindness and loving care — as indeed I was . |
| 29 | ‘ Maybe I should have joined the force like you . |
| 30 | I should have seized the opportunity and said to Una Stubbs , ‘ Here 's your next title , A Farewell to Arms . ’ |