Example sentences of "i [modal v] have be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All right , ’ he conceded , ‘ I may have been mistaken about Richard , but can you blame me ? |
| 2 | I may have been called a pillock and a dickhead , but no one asked why I had tried to brain my companion . |
| 3 | In fact , I may have been lulled by that into an unwise bravado . |
| 4 | This led to an occasional resetting of my settings when I may have been distracted . |
| 5 | I must have been drunk . |
| 6 | I must have been drunk . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't be ridiculous , ’ she said , ‘ I must have been mistaken . |
| 8 | I must have been mistaken . ’ |
| 9 | Ah , well — I must have been mistaken . |
| 10 | And I was , I du n no , but erm , I must have been run down as well and it 's a bit like going |
| 11 | I must have been overtired , Philippa . |
| 12 | However , unconsciously I must have been riddled with remorse for so neglecting my duties . |
| 13 | I must have been adopted . ’ |
| 14 | Because I must have been noticed , I was invited by the families to play in mixed doubles . |
| 15 | I think I must have been knocked down by a car . ’ |
| 16 | No luxury cruise around the Mediterranean could have been half as rewarding ; I should have been fed up at sea and embarrassed ashore , always conscious of the intrusion of our party as we were shown the sights . |
| 17 | Had I been a few feet nearer the bomb I should have been blown to pieces — had I been a few feet further away I should have been cut to pieces by shrapnel . |
| 18 | I should have been pleased , I should have been flattered , and indeed I was . |
| 19 | ‘ I should have been warned , I suppose , ’ Sarah said . |
| 20 | But for your lordship 's visit I should have been gone before this . ’ |
| 21 | He says : ‘ I decided to devise a method of calculating what interest I should have been charged and the bank was miles out . ’ |
| 22 | Is there some development that I should have been made aware of ? ’ |
| 23 | In fiction , he thought , Alice and I should have been tormented by our joint knowledge , distrustful , guilt-ridden , unable to live apart yet miserable together . |
| 24 | In fact , if the treatment really worked I should have been Elastoplasted all over . |
| 25 | If the treatment really worked I should have been elastoplasted all over . |
| 26 | ‘ I think I should have been consulted . |
| 27 | I should have been consulted because it affected me too , she thought , and wrote a terse letter to him . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Had I been a few feet nearer the bomb I should have been blown to pieces — had I been a few feet further away I should have been cut to pieces by shrapnel . |
| 30 | David says : ‘ I felt I should have been dressed there as a man . |