Example sentences of "but i [modal v] have be " in BNC.
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1 | The press release the editors sent me was acceptable , but I may have been the only person to get it . |
2 | ‘ But I would have been through here sooner or later anyway . |
3 | ‘ I now have a wonderful little boy who is absolutely perfection , ’ she says , ‘ I know I might have had another wonderful child but I would have been riddled with doubt for most of its life . ’ |
4 | I appreciate your help , but I would have been all right . ’ |
5 | But I would have been married and happily . ’ |
6 | But I might have been speaking to a corpse , she was so pale and still and silent . |
7 | Well I said I would go , but I might have been like un-elected |
8 | But I could have been wrong and I had no means of checking my suspicions . |
9 | There was no mistaking his bulk , but I could have been fooled by Jo if I had n't known her . |
10 | ‘ But I should have been told of your arrival , ’ the Baron went on . |
11 | But I 'd have been wrong . ’ |
12 | I hate to disillusion you , but I 'd have been hard pressed to come out on top with those odds ! ’ |
13 | I tried to stare my dislike into him but I must have been unsuccessful for he merely said with a primitive accent : ‘ Good in auto , yes ? ’ and grinned . |
14 | We sipped them gratefully , but I must have been miles away , for Mr Johnson said , ‘ Daydreaming , eh ? ’ |
15 | And erm I think I was in the middle somewhere , I was n't er brilliant but I must have been somewhere in the middle I suppose . |