Example sentences of "[vb base] i [modal v] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I may have been being a bit naive as a general sort of , just a rep within NALGO , I 'm not I 'm not , although I 've had all the publicity , and yes I 'm , sometimes you do not the course . |
| 2 | Now with this one the one we 've just done you do n't really know how far to go I mean I might have been going to ask erm how long has he been travelling if he 's been riding for a thousand hours . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | bit here and I thought god that so I thought right I 'm gon na change places in that seat but your father 's sitting on , alright , I said go in that back seat , just behind us there were there or I said or I 'm just coming to sit where you are , I said I ca n't do four hours sitting like this , I mean I 'd have been boss eyed before I got , well I was I , I , all say look at that cloud |
| 5 | ‘ You mean I could have been discussing it with some of your clients , like the Contessa Mantero ? ’ |
| 6 | I would prefer not to have my guy stand up and say I may have been involved in an assassination . ’ |
| 7 | They say I should 've been a member of Leith branch . |
| 8 | No she still buys smooth erm I remember I must have been about three years old , it was when we were still up North and mummy was dashing out , it was breakfast time and she go easy on the peanut butter , there 's hardly any left . |
| 9 | ‘ I know I should have been stronger , Lachlan . |
| 10 | I know I should have been . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sorry , Emily , I know I should have been there to help Uncle Thomas with his business long ago . ’ |
| 12 | I suppose I must have been intending to explain to Mr Farraday how I would thus be able to explore an option which might prove the ideal solution to our present small problems here in this house . |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose I must have been half off my head , without the booze , since Friday when Rosemary finished with me . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I read some of the things Jack said about me , and although it is n't exactly something I re-read every night , I suppose I must have been doing something right for him to make these kind comments . |
| 15 | I suppose I should have been paying attention to the old artist , when he was telling me that the thing had to be carried in near-vacuum with traces of helium and neon but definitely no oxygen , which would destroy it . |
| 16 | I suppose I should have been suspicious then , realised something was n't right . ’ |
| 17 | I suppose I could 've been too cool ! ’ |
| 18 | I reckon I 'd have been better off with them , they do n't try to hang one on you … |
| 19 | I guess I must have been frightened but it all happened so quickly . |
| 20 | I doubt I 'd have been able to hear anything from the gallery . ’ |
| 21 | I think she thought I was crying at firs , I think I might have been , but then she started laughing too , with her face all twisted to one side as if she 'd been to the dentist , and she kept gasping and saying , " Ooh , it hurts ! |
| 22 | ‘ I was bumped on to the rail six or seven times and I think I would have been in the first four but for that , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ Now I think I would have been better with a woman , as you are , no ? |
| 24 | I think I would have been tempted to do that . |
| 25 | but you had a eight to finish with which is finishing and a one , two , three might not be and a better run so I think I would have been tempted to finish with the ace flush there try and stop me rather than trying to win it cos you had nothing else did you ? |
| 26 | And if I had n't met the people I 've met , I think I 'd 've been a very frustrated person cos erm , even though you can think of something , un unless , if you have other people you can go , if you say to somebody you could say , oh God , you know let's do this and this and this , or I think , really think this or this and someone else goes yes I do |
| 27 | I think I 'd have been more sensitive , but for my hair , and my clothes not fitting . |
| 28 | I think I must have been knocked down by a car . ’ |
| 29 | It was a hot day , and I think I must have been half asleep when I noticed something very strange . |
| 30 | I THINK I must have been slightly mad for most of my life . |