Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] have [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | " Sometimes I think I must have been a horse in a previous incarnation . " |
2 | I should have been a lesbian ! |
3 | I should have been a detective , she thought , as her journey ended . |
4 | I should have been a bit a bit clearer about that . |
5 | I should have been an actress . |
6 | ‘ I should have been an accountant or an administrator instead of a doctor ! |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Again those expressions of disgust : I might have been a leopard trapped by big-game hunters , when mercy did not enter into their thoughts . |
9 | The reaction to that speech - and my reaction to that , the attempt to explain and apologise — put a firm stop to any hope I might have had that I might have been a candidate for leadership of the party . ’ |
10 | ‘ After all you 've done in the past for Rosemary and me , and are still doing , ’ he went on , ‘ I got to thinking yesterday that I could have been a sight more energetic in letting you know how delighted I am that you 're going to marry my cousin . |
11 | I could have been a cricketer — I had two uncles who captained the English counties years ago — but a photographer , no . |
12 | From behind I could have been a man with my hood up . |
13 | She said last night , ‘ I played steady golf and , although I could have been a bit sharper , I am not disappointed with my start . |
14 | Or I could have been a bit less awkward , and said , you just give me the positive one . |
15 | I could have been a set-up . |
16 | I could have been a model , I reckon , though at twenty five I suppose I 'm too old now . |
17 | With the cash to match my pretensions I 'd have been a menace for our Dennis . |
18 | I 'd have been a martyr , would n't I ? |
19 | I 'd have been a lot more worried if I 'd known how much it was going to be … |
20 | If it had n't of been for the war I 'd have been a model ! |
21 | I would have been a bit more calm , I would have thought , ‘ There 's someone out there 1 6 who cares . ’ |
22 | Fortune having smiled on them , and I mean if it had n't been for a lump of expanded foam out of one of the life boats that had blown up at , if it had n't come floating past me , I mean I would have been a goner as well , but I got hold of that . |
23 | I think I wanted to convince myself that I was going to be all right because if I did n't and if I stopped to think about what was really going on , I would have been a mess . |
24 | I would have been a street killer |
25 | Without your help I would have been a frog for ever . |
26 | If I had asked myself these questions before I rushed into marriage , I would have been a lot better off . |
27 | Further to the east , there was a Minoan settlement at Rethymnon which may have been a port . |
28 | The indications are that Aethelred needed to involve leading members of the Bernician aristocracy with his court , which may have been an element in his undoing . |
29 | There are about nine records but only four for this century : an immature was seen near Lancing College on 12 December 1954 , which may have been an escape ; an immature was found dead at Rye on 29 September 1969 ; a sub-adult was seen at Sidlesham Ferry on 27 May 1970 . |
30 | In the centre was Gemioncourt farm which should have been a fortress to hold up the French , but was now empty because the Belgian guns and infantry had fled straight past the farm , thus yielding its strong walls and loopholed barns to the enemy . |