Example sentences of "be [conj] i have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know what would have been if I 'd stayed . |
| 2 | How much better life would have been if I 'd known about that or used it ? |
| 3 | What use would it have been if I had gone into the lounge without something like that ? |
| 4 | Perhaps in his way he was the sort of cricketer I would like to have been if I had possessed the talent . |
| 5 | I often wondered how different my life might have been if I had had a wife and family to come home to all these years . |
| 6 | ‘ You 'll stay right where you are until I 've made you a hot drink . |
| 7 | Since erm sexually reproducing organisms are and I 've tried to keep technical jargon in this course to a minimum , but one term we 'll have to learn is diploid , you ca n't do without it . |
| 8 | The only regrets I have are if I 've hurt anyone . |
| 9 | it , it may have been because I had raised some concerns , concerning that particular er statement |
| 10 | All the events recorded in this book took place more than forty years ago and memories are apt to play tricks on us , so it may be that I have made a few mistakes . |
| 11 | ‘ It may be that I have seen this place . |
| 12 | ‘ It could be that I have had some new shafts put in my clubs ’ , Woosnam pondered , ‘ and they are too stiff . |
| 13 | I was thinking how funny it would be if I had switched the smoked salmon for ham . |
| 14 | As for what subject , I 'm not sure what it 's gon na be cos I 've got ta pass in the |
| 15 | I think there must be because I 've seen it several times now and just in , in , you know |
| 16 | ‘ It 's probably just me — you 'll be alright ( you 'd better not be after I 've put up such a struggle ) . |
| 17 | ‘ I hoped that the atmosphere backstage would n't be as I had imagined , which was the typical Manchester Iciness . |
| 18 | will be when I 've written |
| 19 | How could you be when I 've shown you nothing but contempt ? ’ |
| 20 | the the reasoning being that I 've gone into the aspects of erm income support and that and basically i it 's about seventy pound a week to live on . |
| 21 | Being that I 'd had one before and I was alright about it , I feel fine . |
| 22 | Yeah it were after I 'd had summat to eat . |
| 23 | I went on my way happy after that — indeed , happier than I had been before I had seen the strange apparitions-and it occurred to me that somebody both less logical and less imaginative would have jumped to the conclusion that what they had seen were UFOs . |
| 24 | There 's one thing that erm I sometimes do to give it colour , is once I 've taken off the outside skin of the onion , the very outside |
| 25 | I think you 're , you 're often asked to do reactive tasks when I 've done all my tasks , you know I 've got all my staff doing this , and then I 've got to help down on the shopfloor , and it 's not that I 'm doing something that I 'm , you know , I should be doing as a manager , it 's that I 've done all of mine , and I 'm going out to give them a hand . |
| 26 | Good morning , I must say , I I stand before you today somewhat nervous , because erm , this is , this is my first to you as Treasurer , but this will be a slightly different speech from one 's that I have given in previous years . |
| 27 | ‘ One thing I 've not been happy with is that I 've played so well during the practices , and whenever I step onto the court for a match there 's a bit missing from what I can do . |
| 28 | The only difference between then and now is that I 've decided to apply to extend my contract with him , and work in Santa Barbara more . ’ |
| 29 | We remain convinced that full merger is the best way forward and the amendment will e enable the project to make progress If the Lib Dems have changed their mind Chairman and do support the forthcoming Labour amendment erm th the worst aspect for me is that I 've lost a bet because Bob bet me a year ago that the Lib Dems would not last the distance and he 's been proved right . |
| 30 | Yeah , well all I can say , is that I 've seen the building and I would I would think th that it 's no problem . |