Example sentences of "i [modal v] 've [been] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | I must 've been out at the wrong time . |
| 2 | They say I should 've been a member of Leith branch . |
| 3 | Think I should 've been with you . |
| 4 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
| 5 | I suppose I could 've been too cool ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If it 'd been my missus , I 'd 've been relieved that someone else was taking an interest . |
| 7 | I 'd 've been quicker if I 'd gone down into Brentwood , picked up the M twenty five and gone on the A one M |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | But if I 'd 've , if I 'd 've been up I 'd 've got it . |
| 11 | I 'd 've been inclined to do that thing on it . |
| 12 | If it had happened in a car accident and had been someone else 's fault , perhaps I would 've been bitter . |
| 13 | Congress , if I asked the question , is there a shop steward in the house , I would 've been confident to say yes , but they all seem to be leaving . |
| 14 | Well I know I know is the only one that realised I would 've been more shocked if had yeah I would have been out on the pavement here whistling with a banjo whistling Dixie there you are that one no not yet no . |
| 15 | If , if she had believed the aim to keep it off , I would 've been jealous , but she , she 's not going to find it easy to keep her weight , she 's out here when she 's put back on pound . |
| 16 | I do n't think I would 've been married fifty eight years . |
| 17 | I hate to think how much money I have paid over to Anglia Gas if I 'd known what I was into I could have walked into that house then and I could , while I had all that money before I gave any away I could have said , right , I 'm going to have to spend that , that , that , that and that and I would have done it and it would have I would 've been alright because I would n't have had things going wrong ! |
| 18 | I 'd be su I would 've been such a wreck last night if that , if Foxy had done that to me . |