Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was more of an outsider than ever , but something in me must still have wanted to belong to the family because I was still making deliberate attempts to communicate with the other members . |
| 2 | Had things gone wrong with me , I may ultimately have been sent to prison . |
| 3 | I may even have said in the spirit of the joke that it had been one hundred and fifty-six whores , for all the world as though it was of an obsessive importance for the actual number to be known with absolute accuracy ! |
| 4 | ‘ I may even have to sell the house in Ladbroke Grove to pay for the losses . ’ |
| 5 | In fact I may even have them be in here . |
| 6 | I may even have redecorated the sitting room by then ! |
| 7 | I may even have just called for him and stood at the door . |
| 8 | I may also have dwelt too long on the years between 1690 and 1730 , but this was simply because it seems to be most people 's favourite period . |
| 9 | I may well have had holistic tendencies for I am both an artist and a writer , but all that was subconscious . |
| 10 | These " no-hopers " were probably given to me because I may well have been overheard to say I did not believe that there was such a person who had gone through a-initio training as a pilot who could not get on step by step until he became an operational pilot . |
| 11 | And I may well have some input files which you could u test with . |
| 12 | well , well thank Mr very much , if you , if you could , I can accommodate Mr at any reasonable time tomorrow , erm , but although he may say he 's only got , he only wants to rest for a quarter of an hour d'your , as you gather from the interchange from the bench , that 's er , that will be the very minimum and I may well have questions to ask him , although I hope I 'd asked most of them to Mr , so , erm , but I 'm , I 'm I think for everybody 's convenience it , erm , unless he 's got a specific time he could deal with , we either start say at eleven thirty , when Mr can be here or at two , erm , but if he 's got some other clever idea I 'm perfectly prepared to entertain him , but er we ca n't leave this hanging around , I 've got ta write this and whichever way it goes we 've got ta look at it again , er and although I suppose I 'm not entirely unheard of and I disappear to the court of appeal next term it 's gon na make things extremely awkward to try and arrange anything else next term , cos I 've got two other judges to bear in mind as well as myself |
| 13 | I may just have me chicken out and keep the sausage for another day |
| 14 | ‘ Mr Stevens , I may not have been a housekeeper for long , but I would say that in the time I have been , my abilities have attracted some very generous remarks . ’ |
| 15 | Although I may not have got near to the ‘ God ’ of that particular place , those hundreds of hours spent in chapel were not wasted . |
| 16 | Another Nottingham volunteer , Sue , said , ‘ I may not have lost a lot in pounds but it 's great to know I can lose inches from parts I did n't think I could ever reduce . ’ |
| 17 | You see , I would be teased a lot at school because I may not have been as quick as the others , but Bernard never joined in . |
| 18 | ‘ I may not have been the tallest , nor the most athletic — Mick Doyle reckoned I only ever jumped from my shoulders up — but what I did have was the most effective arse in world rugby ’ . |
| 19 | I may not have seen the race , but I 've had enough people describe both the race and Jackie 's driving to know what a result it was . |
| 20 | On her other flank , would the USSR ever say of China what Germany once said of Russia : today I can afford to go to war , tomorrow I may not have that luxury ? |
| 21 | I may not have liked some of the things I saw and heard , but remember I was present from choice . |
| 22 | I may not have understood everything I heard at the time , but later it all slotted into place . |
| 23 | I intend to travel extensively during the summer and I may not have the pleasure of meeting you . |
| 24 | I may have done , I may not have done . |
| 25 | I may not have much to bequeath , but I can not endure the thought of my loved ones squabbling over my best earrings . |
| 26 | At the end , I may not have looked much like her , but I felt like Brigitte Bardot . |
| 27 | I have n't contacted the police — yet — and if you co-operate I may not have to trouble them . |
| 28 | I may not have gone back to sleep but I lay awake grinning . |
| 29 | ‘ And if I may not have you permanently , then a little temporary use would satisfy me , I think . ’ |
| 30 | I may not have shown it too well so far … ’ |