Example sentences of "think i [modal v] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did you think I might have been here then ? ’ |
| 2 | I do n't think I would 've been married fifty eight years . |
| 3 | But if they had n't been there , if they had been different kinds of men erm , I do n't think I would have been able to pick someone to be my husband or my partner who could be a decent father to my kids . |
| 4 | ‘ Without that I do n't think I 'd have been able to leave home at 17 , be mature enough to manage my own career and be in a steady relationship for three-and-a-half years . |
| 5 | I do n't think I 'd have been more so had the door opened on , say , a Teddy Bear , redolent of the fabulous Oxford of Evelyn Waugh . |
| 6 | I do n't think I 'd have been warm enough in a shellsuit . |
| 7 | Erm and at that ti but other than that , mind you I su I suppose that if , if I 'd been at home I should have probably been expected to be in , but I do n't think I should have been locked out . |
| 8 | Do you think I could have been as I was with you if I was already heavily involved with someone else ? ’ |
| 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 | ‘ True , ’ said Isambard , grinning at him , ‘ it 's a pity to think I might have been dead by this , and you ten miles away on your road home . |
| 13 | I think she thought I was crying at firs , I think I might have been , but then she started laughing too , with her face all twisted to one side as if she 'd been to the dentist , and she kept gasping and saying , " Ooh , it hurts ! |
| 14 | ‘ I was bumped on to the rail six or seven times and I think I would have been in the first four but for that , ’ he said . |
| 15 | ‘ Now I think I would have been better with a woman , as you are , no ? |
| 16 | I think I would have been tempted to do that . |
| 17 | but you had a eight to finish with which is finishing and a one , two , three might not be and a better run so I think I would have been tempted to finish with the ace flush there try and stop me rather than trying to win it cos you had nothing else did you ? |
| 18 | And if I had n't met the people I 've met , I think I 'd 've been a very frustrated person cos erm , even though you can think of something , un unless , if you have other people you can go , if you say to somebody you could say , oh God , you know let's do this and this and this , or I think , really think this or this and someone else goes yes I do |
| 19 | I think I 'd have been more sensitive , but for my hair , and my clothes not fitting . |
| 20 | I think I must have been knocked down by a car . ’ |
| 21 | It was a hot day , and I think I must have been half asleep when I noticed something very strange . |
| 22 | I THINK I must have been slightly mad for most of my life . |
| 23 | I think I must have been gradually going off into a faint when I suddenly thought of mother reading the telegram saying that I had been killed in action . |
| 24 | " I think I must have been mad , " said Mrs Denham , taking off the tea pot lid and staring nervously into its smoky silver depths . |
| 25 | It was n't long before I got caught shoplifting again so I was back on remand at Low Newton — I think I must have been on remand there about eight times . |
| 26 | the way Val talks I think I must have been at something else . |
| 27 | " Sometimes I think I must have been a horse in a previous incarnation . " |
| 28 | I can remember Leslie coming home , I think I must have been expecting Doreen at the time , that was in , that was early early on , nineteen , well that was nineteen sixty three , and he was , he had heard that had I had been in the Gatehouse Drama Club , and er he said , Would I be interested in com in coming to the Drama in if they started ? |
| 29 | I think I must have been stumbling round . |
| 30 | Think I should 've been with you . |