Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should like to say I joined the scheme out of humanitarian concerns but to be honest it was with a view to increasing business . |
| 2 | Of course he should have said I do n't have a choice . |
| 3 | That should have gone I think that was wrong . |
| 4 | ‘ If I had been sensible , Alexandra , I should have known I had no chance . |
| 5 | ‘ You should have known I did not mean it , ’ complained the old lady in a fretful tone . |
| 6 | ‘ He should have known I did n't mean the things I said , ’ Bertha had persisted stubbornly . |
| 7 | He must have seen I did n't understand , because he added , drinking . |
| 8 | After what seemed an age , Rubber Feet moved off towards what they call the Lavatory Tower ( not what it sounds like ) , Leather Feet must have figured I 'd gone inside the Cath because he pattered off up the steps , which of course meant the end of all hopes of returning to my refuge via the Crypt . |
| 9 | The circumstances being what they were , Richard must have known I did not , but since he knew almost nothing about me except that I was willing , he could hardly have been expected to care . |
| 10 | He must have thought I went there to take fold up routes ! |
| 11 | He must have thought I meant our marriage , I see now . |
| 12 | She might want to stay I do n't know . |
| 13 | If you get all serious , I 'll begin to wish I had n't said anything at all . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm very relieved you 're going into action — and you might like to know I reworded the signal Buckmaster was sending , made it , shall we say less positive . ’ |
| 15 | Well you 'll have to decide I mean you |
| 16 | Right some of our speakers are retires I I 've been retired quite a number of years , as you 'll have noticed I give the talk on income tax and I 'm a retired tax inspector . |
| 17 | I 'll have to use I 've got Surf and I 've got bleach and that 'll do them . |
| 18 | Well I 'll have to admit I do like that a lovely there is n't a fridge in er in a my either . |
| 19 | Anyway that is something we 'll have to develop I think for all all levels of of staff . |
| 20 | I 'll have to check I 've got all the engine bits , whether I left any at dad 's so I can at least stick , bolt |
| 21 | One did not have to attend school meals with the boys over the week-end if one was off duty ; and the only master who might have noticed I had been away was Méli himself , but as it happened he 'd been in Athens . |
| 22 | If only he had started to write in a larger script , I might have felt I had succeeded with him , made him a poet . |
| 23 | Might have done I do n't know where she got it from I 'm sure . |
| 24 | Although it might be useful cos they might have given I suppose might n't they ? |
| 25 | He might have thought I 'd had one previous . |
| 26 | ‘ No , I do n't know ; he might have known I suppose , but I do n't think so . ’ |
| 27 | Er , I 'll go have I got a car ? |
| 28 | ‘ You 'd better 'oppit now or me young man might get to 'ear I 've been dilly-dallying with you . ’ |
| 29 | Alright I know , I do n't wan na s oh put , I 'll put bogying I know me . |
| 30 | I 'd like to say I walked over to check it out ; I did n't run there , but my mind did . |