Example sentences of "[pers pn] [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 | 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 . |
| 6 | Again those expressions of disgust : I might have been a leopard trapped by big-game hunters , when mercy did not enter into their thoughts . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | I could have been a cricketer — I had two uncles who captained the English counties years ago — but a photographer , no . |
| 10 | From behind I could have been a man with my hood up . |
| 11 | She said last night , ‘ I played steady golf and , although I could have been a bit sharper , I am not disappointed with my start . |
| 12 | Or I could have been a bit less awkward , and said , you just give me the positive one . |
| 13 | I could have been a set-up . |
| 14 | I could have been a model , I reckon , though at twenty five I suppose I 'm too old now . |
| 15 | With the cash to match my pretensions I 'd have been a menace for our Dennis . |
| 16 | I 'd have been a martyr , would n't I ? |
| 17 | I 'd have been a lot more worried if I 'd known how much it was going to be … |
| 18 | If it had n't of been for the war I 'd have been a model ! |
| 19 | I would have been a bit more calm , I would have thought , ‘ There 's someone out there 1 6 who cares . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I would have been a street killer |
| 23 | Without your help I would have been a frog for ever . |
| 24 | If I had asked myself these questions before I rushed into marriage , I would have been a lot better off . |
| 25 | ‘ You must have been a success , ’ Aunt Emily said . |
| 26 | But it made me think you must have been a friend of Hugh 's . |
| 27 | ‘ You must have been a kid in school ! |
| 28 | ’ You should have been a monk . |
| 29 | ‘ You should have been a courtier . ’ |
| 30 | You should have been a guerrilla leader , Sara , you delight in winning small skirmishes . " |