Example sentences of "but i [vb mod] [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , I 'm sure I put it in my apron pocket , but I ca n't have done . |
| 2 | But I ca n't have heard right . |
| 3 | You seem like a respectable sort of a lady , really , but I ca n't have people laughing like that and screaming and abusing in my pub . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't show yet , at any rate , ’ she said , ‘ but I ca n't have the likes of you here with a brat . |
| 5 | Yeah , but I ca n't have much . |
| 6 | Herr Hans-Eberhard Klein , the Frankfurt prosecutor who led the search , said : ‘ I am glad it is over , but I would rather have had a live Mengele than a dead one so that some of the thousands who suffered under him could have gained some little satisfaction from a trial . ’ |
| 7 | I hooked up a wriggling worm and ate it : it tasted alright , earthy and slightly gritty , but I would rather have had a proper meal . |
| 8 | There are some folk who will talk about the the baptism of the spirit , and the gifts of the spirit , and say , oh well , well they 're all very well and good but I would rather have the fruit of the spirit . |
| 9 | But I would sooner have my journal and fight against Tig than die , frozen , wolfmeat , without anything to remind me of the pure pleasure I 've had during my life . |
| 10 | But I would not have Alida need friends or be lonely in any way , however difficult a person she may be . |
| 11 | But I would not have objected to having the extra music . |
| 12 | The King 's mother said , ‘ You are singularly mature for this boy , but I would not have him distressed before Famagusta is won . |
| 13 | ‘ But I would not have been able to concentrate properly on my own game . |
| 14 | I would have behaved in the same manner , but I would not have apologised to a man who had just given such a small sentence for the criminal act of killing two innocent victims . |
| 15 | White added : ‘ It 's great to get my game back , but I would not have been disappointed if Alan had won . ’ |
| 16 | But I would n't have my photograph taken at that time at all . |
| 17 | Even then I knew in a way that despair underlay my behaviour , but I would n't have been able to take the consequences of its admission . |
| 18 | But I would n't have thought everybody would , would want to wade through it at all times . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't know how much time we 've got with Piper , but I would n't have thought it was much . ’ |
| 20 | I kind of wished I 'd sat behind Verity ; I would n't have seen so much of her — not even a hint of that slim , smooth face , frowning in concentration as she barrelled the big black Beemer towards the next corner — but I would n't have been able to see the speedometer , either . |
| 21 | But I would n't have recognized him . |
| 22 | His present salary was probably at least double that of mine already , but I would n't have swopped jobs with him anyway . |
| 23 | How often have you read articles about open-ended investigative work in the classroom and thought : ‘ This is all very well but I would n't have a clue where to start ’ ? |
| 24 | I said two to three years , I do n't deny it , but I would n't have been spending every minute of that time working to pay off what I owed you . |
| 25 | But I would n't have thought it of Ellie . |
| 26 | ‘ I know it was a shock for the club but I would n't have gone if it meant leaving them in the lurch . |
| 27 | ‘ I know it was a shock for the club but I would n't have gone if it meant leaving them in the lurch . |
| 28 | We gave a few outlines of schemes of work and bits and pieces of information , but I would n't have said that it caused any great feeling of self-analysis . |
| 29 | ‘ But I would n't have thought that was any call for the serious crimes squad . |
| 30 | He was not going to get a bike because he would n't be able to reach the pedals , but I would n't have said anything even if I could have , because nobody expects people to tell the truth to women and , besides , that 's what friends are for , as they say . |