Example sentences of "[that] i [vb mod] have [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Dear lady , dear lady , to think that I might have lived my whole life through and never seen you . |
| 2 | Looking back I am increasingly grateful to the many people who took a share in this fortunate happening , though now I realise that I might have expressed my gratitude to them more often and more appreciatively . |
| 3 | There may be more to this than meets the eye ( if you 'll excuse the pun ) as just once in a while I have taken zander during the daytime in water that has been so clear that I would have rated my chances as zero . |
| 4 | I distinctly remember feeling guilty at thinking that I would have to lock my car so these children would n't steal my cameras . |
| 5 | I would have been sorrier still if she had not paraded her distress so openly , sighing and staring into space and insisting that Richard should buy her whisky , which is expensive in Morocco — in her place I should have been so humiliated and ashamed that I would have done my best to put a good face on it — but I was sorry enough to agree that she should come with us , in our car . |
| 6 | I was certainly to do with feeling that I would have to be a little bit slimmer , that I would have to be acceptable to other people , that I would have to change my shape and at the same time , I could not resist consuming large amounts of food . |
| 7 | I knew in advance that I would have to retrace my steps on this road , to get to the Skye boat at the Kyle of Lochalsh , as there is nowadays only a summer ferry to the island from Glenelg . |
| 8 | The nineteenth-century physiologist , physicist and psychologist , von Helmholtz , who contributed substantially to every discipline that he engaged in , described the process thus : It was always necessary , first of all , that I should have turned my problem over on all sides to such an extent that I had all its angles and complexities " in my head " and could run through them freely without writing … |
| 9 | ‘ They told me that I should have put my whip down and tried to stop my horse from hanging . ’ |
| 10 | I do n't think that even though by next year I would be a bit better of in the sense that I should have sold my house bought something cheaper and have some capital invested so that I have a little extra monthly income . |
| 11 | Yes , yes I do n't think that on our next buy , what with the next year I would be a bit better off in the sense that I should have sold my house , bought something cheaper and have some capital invested so I have a little extra monthly income , I should be living in somewhere that 's cheaper to run |
| 12 | ‘ Meaning that I should have trusted my first impressions of you . ’ |
| 13 | Was going to tell her this morning , but when I came downstairs and saw her packing up that cake — when I remembered he was going to be there , that I 'd have to see his smug damned face , hear that ghastly loud laugh of his … |
| 14 | The sickening that I was making a mess of the first real pitch of the first real pitch of IV± , and that I 'd have to take my sack off if I was going to stay on , swept over me . |