Example sentences of "[vb past] i [modal v] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the days passed I might have been telling him the truth , for I lost weight far more successfully than on any diet I have ever attempted . |
| 2 | and as I cooled I could have been |
| 3 | When I got to Holloway I found I would have been entitled to take most of the things she would n't let me take , like a hairbrush . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ I assumed I would have been picked for the final . |
| 5 | In fact , if the treatment really worked I should have been Elastoplasted all over . |
| 6 | If the treatment really worked I should have been elastoplasted all over . |
| 7 | I always felt I should have been able to protect my mother better but I could n't . |
| 8 | David says : ‘ I felt I should have been dressed there as a man . |
| 9 | Later I learned that the wedding had nearly been postponed , as the two families thought I might have been a terrorist uttering a veiled warning against the nuptials . |
| 10 | Not because I thought I should have been picked there were at least 15 guys playing better than me but because I had n't performed as I felt I should have done . |
| 11 | George , of Southdale Road , Wavertree , Liverpool , said today : ‘ I felt a sharp pain and thought I must have been been stung . |
| 12 | If he did I must have been asleep . |
| 13 | ‘ They said I should have been killed in a crash ’ |
| 14 | ‘ A fan behind the dug-out snarled at me and said I should have been killed along with my mate Brian Tiler and three others in a car smash , ’ he said . |