Example sentences of "[subord] i [modal v] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I would have been surprised if London 's Charles Dickens Society required its members to put on a white tie for its annual dinner , the invitation card demanded it for the Scott dinner . |
| 2 | I know what kind of an ordeal you 've had tonight , and , although I might have been willing to tease you before to take your mind off it and give you something else to think about , I do n't intend to ravish you to complete the treatment ! ’ |
| 3 | I can honestly say I ca n't remember a show I definitely did n't like doing , although I might have been in some that did n't turn out as I though they would . ’ |
| 4 | I do not recall being frightened , although I should have been . |
| 5 | She said last night , ‘ I played steady golf and , although I could have been a bit sharper , I am not disappointed with my start . |
| 6 | And so that , it made me a tougher than I should have been . |
| 7 | I must admit that I was less sympathetic than I should have been . |
| 8 | Much better than I could have been in the role . |
| 9 | I had only just noticed her — so I must have been taking things seriously — but she was worth waiting to be polite to . |
| 10 | He says : ‘ I do n't know if I would have been slightly criminal , but would not have been a very nice human being . |
| 11 | I do n't actually know if I would have been best friends with her had I not met her before , but we get along well now , + are well suited . |
| 12 | that Robert 's already gone over , but I actually got the impression that erm I that you did n't feel relaxed in what you were doing , you knew what you were talking about but erm you did n't feel relaxed and if I 'd 've been your customer then I , I certainly would n't have felt relaxed either and and that 's the impression that I got which was the completely opposite of Robert . |
| 13 | But if I 'd 've , if I 'd 've been up I 'd 've got it . |
| 14 | She married into the worst of Mother 's years , whereas I had the best , and I wonder if I 'd have been as unselfish as Lynda . |
| 15 | Seen a a lot of other things I would n't have seen if I 'd have been working down a pit or behind a shop counter or something . |
| 16 | I was there If I 'd have been there to July , that year that I moved there , I would have been there twenty five years , on that road . |
| 17 | Now if I 'd have been sensible |
| 18 | I if I 'd have been at Jacksons I , I 'd have gone back today . |
| 19 | I mean , if I 'd have been , If I 'd have know I could of coming back down cos Bill came back down to work Tuesday |
| 20 | If I 'd have been on me own I mean that 's all I was waiting for , mine to grow up so I could clear off . |
| 21 | If I 'd have been on me own I would n't have stopped bloody long . |
| 22 | And If I 'd have been ninety six |
| 23 | In the glaring light , the racket of cicadas , the events of the night seemed in some way fictional ; as if I must have been slightly drugged . |
| 24 | ‘ It would have been much better if I could have been happy working at the forge . |
| 25 | Just because I may have been a little short-tempered of late — ’ |
| 26 | Because I must have been noticed , I was invited by the families to play in mixed doubles . |
| 27 | But I could n't tell my mother or father because I should have been in bed by that time . |
| 28 | My usual reluctance was reinforced on that occasion because I should have been doubly embarrassed to admit to the Dutch travellers that I was a Member of Parliament . |
| 29 | ‘ Is it any wonder that , while I might have been too hard-headed to accept what is happening to me , I could not deny I actually felt my heart give a tug that night ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I have thought about whether I could have been another of his victims . |