Example sentences of "i [modal v] [vb infin] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think , however , I may have discovered a cure . |
| 2 | I may have asked a few more questions ; I ca n't remember now . |
| 3 | Not much to report this week on the home front , except that I have a sneaking feeling I may have broken a bone in my right hand . |
| 4 | I hope I may have given a few ideas and if anyone makes their fortune and buys a villa in the South of France , will you invite me for a holiday , please ? |
| 5 | A hectic programme for the 18-year-old : ‘ I may have played a little too much rugby this season but I so enjoy playing , and I try not to say ‘ no ’ to anyone who invites me to play . |
| 6 | ‘ I may have got a better deal by moving to Australia , and I still have ambitions to play there . |
| 7 | Do you consider that I may have committed a disciplinary offence ? |
| 8 | I may have had a foolish mother but at least she was there . |
| 9 | I may have had a few words with her , but that 's all . ’ |
| 10 | I MAY have had a sheltered upbringing , but to me gin has always been one of the most sophisticated of drinks . |
| 11 | I may have changed a word here or there , but apart from that it 's all exact . |
| 12 | I must have heard a car door slam , or something . ’ |
| 13 | I must have destroyed a bomber ! |
| 14 | I must have cut a handsome figure up there , black and glossy , and she could hardly fail to have been impressed . |
| 15 | I told Michael what he wanted to hear , pretty much , without actually promising anything , because I could tell he was going to make it easy for me He was falling asleep on my shoulder When he did , I slipped out from under him , picked up his sexy uniform , which did n't seem quite so sexy any more , and took his glider key off the chain Then I got dressed quick , holding the key in my teeth , and then I went over to the kite , but I must have made a noise ; because Michael woke up I looked back and saw him putting both feet in one leg of his trousers , calling my name , trying to back out of it |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sorry , sir , I must have made a mistake . ’ |
| 17 | I must have paused a little to form my next phrase , for Mr Cardinal gave a sigh and said : ‘ I 'm only too aware of that , Stevens . |
| 18 | Yes , Yes , Yes : - ) I must have formed a mental block on the exact details due to the severe trauma involved ! |
| 19 | So I had a market cornered and good access to American trips because I used to like writing about that , even though on the early stuff I must have affected a punk rock stance long after it was all over . ’ |
| 20 | Because I suppose I must have appeared a bit untrustworthy , thought Caspar , what with working for the Gruagach and everything . |
| 21 | Some of the super models like Linda Whatsername have actually dyed their hair red , so I guess I must have set a trend ! . |
| 22 | ‘ I must have left a hole somewhere , because one has slipped through — straight into my heart . ’ |
| 23 | I must have looked a little confused , for Miss Kenton then said : ‘ Mr Stevens , he really is in a poor state . |
| 24 | Between the Arch and the back of the Admiralty proper runs a small unnamed side-street which I must have passed a hundred times without really noticing . |
| 25 | I must have got a splinter in the engine , somewhere . ’ |
| 26 | Martinho and I must have seemed a bad pair to him . |
| 27 | I think I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere , because we 're certainly not at Threlkeld , where we ought to be by now . |
| 28 | ‘ I think I must have aged a dozen years today , ’ she said . |
| 29 | er one thing or another , I must have spent a couple of thousand pounds on these photos . |
| 30 | I think I must have slept a little . |