Example sentences of "be [conj] i have " in BNC.
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| 1 | But first I want to say how sorry I am that I had to send Dawn to you instead of coming myself as I promised . |
| 2 | The positive things that have come out of the divorce are that I have a much better relationship with my children and I can read a book in bed and not have a jealous partner by my side trying to prevent me . |
| 3 | He 's always been surrounded by people who think everything else he does is marvellous , but one of the points of our relationship has been that I 've always criticised his work , and for me those double portraits of the Seventies came perilously close to Photo-Realism . ’ |
| 4 | The thing is , it 's been so long since I 've been that I have n't got a clue how much tickets are likely to be . |
| 5 | Yeah , I have been cos I 've been bored really so all I do is study . |
| 6 | I 've been cos I have n't been to the R A F club for ages there . |
| 7 | the other day but yeah it must have been cos I have n't seen any papers since Monday how many thousands do n't pay on not paying their television licence . |
| 8 | I do n't know what would have been if I 'd stayed . |
| 9 | How much better life would have been if I 'd known about that or used it ? |
| 10 | Perhaps in his way he was the sort of cricketer I would like to have been if I had possessed the talent . |
| 11 | What use would it have been if I had gone into the lounge without something like that ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Do you know what the total price of the tickets would have been if I had to pay for this , one hundred and ten pounds |
| 14 | ‘ You 'll stay right where you are until I 've made you a hot drink . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The only regrets I have are if I 've hurt anyone . |
| 17 | I still ca n't read him ; I 'm not able to tell whether he thinks this is likely or not , whether he thinks this is evidence I 'm not his man or he still thinks I am but I had help . |
| 18 | Elizabeth Hick , 63 : ‘ I can never remember how old I am but I 've just learnt to swim and that 's made me feel younger . ’ |
| 19 | Well I am but I have n't got anything in have I ? |
| 20 | it , it may have been because I had raised some concerns , concerning that particular er statement |
| 21 | I wanted it to be that I had n't really been that big before I left — in other words , prove them wrong . |
| 22 | ‘ It could be that I 've simply never felt strongly enough about anyone , ’ she cut in , instantly wishing the words unsaid as she realised how much they revealed about her feelings for him . |
| 23 | The behaviourists ' answer would be that I have in the past been reinforced by coffee when I have gone to C , but not when I have gone to B. This could well be correct . |
| 24 | ‘ It could be that I have had some new shafts put in my clubs ’ , Woosnam pondered , ‘ and they are too stiff . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It could well be that I have prejudices about what makes a decent DTP system , but I tried to outline and then to justify them as part of the review . |
| 27 | ‘ It may be that I have seen this place . |
| 28 | I was thinking how funny it would be if I had switched the smoked salmon for ham . |
| 29 | What would my attitude be if I had a difficult or long journey to work ? |
| 30 | Maybe I 'm being a bit more tolerant towards him than I would be if I had n't met him . |