Example sentences of "i [modal v] have be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The press release the editors sent me was acceptable , but I may have been the only person to get it . |
| 2 | I must have been the greatest bore ever , and it 's a wonder that those I inflicted my views upon did n't rebel . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't think you 've heard the last of this matter , ’ he said through his teeth , ‘ you wo n't get away with it , taking from me my home and my birthright , I should have been the eldest son , I am more worthy of the position . |
| 4 | In the circumstances I should have been the good daughter , studious and uninterested in boyfriends . |
| 5 | ‘ I could have been the only Irishman to play for both Billy Bingham and Jack Charlton , ’ he said . |
| 6 | I mean that does have a lot of resonance for all of us. feel that erm I could have been the same person erm with lots of different changes to my body . |
| 7 | I 'd have been the proudest father in the history of the game . ’ |
| 8 | What 's more , I would have been the first to complain . |
| 9 | I would have been the first to know . ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps if I had n't been a fool I would have been the dead girl in the road . ’ |