Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pron] [modal v] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead he tried to guess what might have been said . |
| 2 | ‘ I tried to think who might have been to Edouard 's flat . |
| 3 | If I 'd stopped it would have stiffened up . |
| 4 | But if I 'd defected I 'd have got even more — $500 . |
| 5 | It did n't seem right , yet , looking at his face you 'd , she 'd thought he could have come home , but when you lifted the bloody sheets and then she 'd never seen anything like it , and then on the Monday morning , I stayed with him Sunday night and he were on morphine fusions and then on the Monday morning I woke up and mum had gone , when I looked at dad I thought to myself then I thought oh boy you ai n't gon na go now mum nipped home for a bath they said she could and it 'll be alright and they said |
| 6 | They were really good , if I 'd known I 'd have told them sooner . |
| 7 | Well if you 've do , If I 'd known I 'd have bought you a , a clamp over for you |
| 8 | You called your wife a tart , which is your business and hers , but you also said that if you 'd known where she 'd gone you would have caught her at it . |
| 9 | I mean , ‘ Cripes , dear , if it was anonymity you 'd wanted you should have gone into the family tailoring business , ’ I hear you say , with some justification . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd hoped we 'd have to get married , ’ says Wendy . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd hoped it would have made an improvement , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ I felt that if we 'd signed he could have given us just that little bit extra up front which would have enabled us to win the title , ’ said Ferguson . |
| 13 | I had n't seen any show yet — all the books seemed to imply I should have had one by now . |
| 14 | Mandy seemed to think you could have a summer of light-hearted fun without paying the price . |
| 15 | Lou seemed to think she 'd have dolled herself up a bit before he came . |
| 16 | It was a bit cross ( and told the Germans so ) when Germany seemed to think it could have a debate about whether Turkey , a NATO member , was entitled to the benefits of the same collective security which Germany has enjoyed for more than four decades . |
| 17 | Seemed to think I should have known it for myself . |
| 18 | He seemed to think he should have a lot of attention . ’ |
| 19 | Admittedly I 'd have suffered the penalty for mutual defection , but if I 'd cooperated I 'd have got the Sucker 's payoff which is even worse . |
| 20 | If we 'd lost we could have gone bottom of the table and that would have been disastrous for a club like Everton . |
| 21 | On the other hand , if I 'd lost I could have gone home quicky . ’ |
| 22 | Iraq , however , perhaps came to feel it could have been even more substantial . |
| 23 | He began to realize he would have to overcome his looks . |
| 24 | It was then I began to believe I might have a future as an artist . |
| 25 | He began to think it must have been his imagination when a motorbike zoomed across their path , clouding the corridor with smoke . |
| 26 | Until , in the end , Carrie began to think she must have made it all up , that she had just dreamed all those things he had said . |
| 27 | Petrol , food and a few tools had been his biggest expenses so far , and if the budget started to tighten he 'd have to stop buying food and see what he could find in the woodland around him . |
| 28 | The GPO in Leeds rang to say it would have to make special arrangements to cope with the volume , and delivered bulging sacks direct to the production team . |
| 29 | Ferdinand failed to save what might have been saved from the wreck of the American Empire by his refusal to face realities and his obstinate insistence on reducing America to its traditional obedience to his crown . |
| 30 | to his brain , then they comes the next day , oh no that was it , they , then they , we left it , we left it , we left it , he kept saying we might have to make a decision , erm your dad 's leg deteriorated he 's got no circulation in his legs at all , we 've found a pulse in his left leg but we ca n't find one in his right , he said I think you 're gon na have to make the decision of amputation oh god , anyway comes Monday came off ventilator and of course he could n't talk |