Example sentences of "i [vb mod] have [vb pp] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I may have got a better deal by moving to Australia , and I still have ambitions to play there . |
| 2 | Perhaps I should have formed a better plan ; perhaps I should have made instead for the Villa Diodati , to see if I could secure any friends and allies there . |
| 3 | There I should have welcomed a faster tempo both for the waltz of the first half , and for the galop of the second , both of them evoking the atmosphere of the fairground as a tenth birthday tribute to the Fairfield Hall in Croydon . |
| 4 | I was n't very happy with my legal representation ; in fact , I think I could have done a better job myself . |
| 5 | Yep The Don was crap — I could have done a better job . |
| 6 | Among people in their fifties there is a marked sense that , " if only I had been born 20 years later I could have had a better time ! " |
| 7 | The acoustic in the solo works is a shade reverberant , and I 'd have liked a longer gap after the Concerto , but the recording quality throughout is very acceptable . |
| 8 | If it were not , you may be sure that I would have arranged a better climate for the Brits than the Lord has seen fit to give them . ’ |
| 9 | Casting into the gap between the willows would have been difficult but I would have taken a bigger net of fish , with a couple of sizeable ones maybe , for I could have hauled each fish out of the swim immediately it was hooked and kept disturbance down to a minimum . |
| 10 | I would have added a further recommendation to the Clapham conclusions : that British Rail should forthwith desist from any further advertising expenditure and re-route the money to the improvement of safety and engineering standards . |