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Example sentences of "but i [modal v] have " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	To Giles I 'm a ‘ Jeremiah ’ who should be capable of ‘ an act of faith ’ — act of lunacy , more like ; to Hans Haenlein and others I 've got incredibly deep pockets ; to Peter Davey , for whom I voted and who is now so far removed from ‘ the cultural gangsters ’ as to be a cultural kamikaze pilot , I need ‘ a heroic proposal ’ ; to Mervyn Miller I should n't ‘ surrender my birthright ’ — but I may have to sell it .
2	The press release the editors sent me was acceptable , but I may have been the only person to get it .
3	‘ All right , we 'll leave it at that for the moment , but I may have to see you again . ’
4	‘ Well , thank you , Mr Glynn , that 's all for the moment but I may have more questions for you later . ’
5	‘ But I may have become blind to its charms .
6	‘ I 'll leave it at that for the moment but I may have to ask you that question again .
7	But I would 've never I would 've never said to your dad well he 's saying ah he were n't too broad in my opinion like but he was broader than your mother .
8	‘ Sam Hall told me they wanted me to stay on — but I would have to accept a lease , ’ John said .
9	He expresses scepticism about Frankfurt 's boast of being able to fill their stadium for every session : ‘ I do n't think they will get 9,000 every day , but I would have achieved that here , where we have developed an audience for the game .
10	It has its pointers to the future , but I would have forgiven any Vienna professor in 1876 who failed to predict what was to follow .
11	Casting into the gap between the willows would have been difficult but I would have taken a bigger net of fish , with a couple of sizeable ones maybe , for I could have hauled each fish out of the swim immediately it was hooked and kept disturbance down to a minimum .
12	My own ferrets are in fact retained for working purposes — but I would have to admit that , yes , they are probably pets too .
13	Beauty is only skin deep , as they say , but I would have hoped for a lot more from a C64 .
14	Obviously , having two amps means you 'll hear yourself better on stage , but I would have thought that a performer would prefer actual monitoring or foldback to come from a PA source ( ie. what the audience is hearing ) rather than a backline source .
15	There was a chance of a place on the Nursing Times Open Learning conversion course , but I would have to fund myself .
16	‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all .
17	On the day when I was wilting with heat my feet were not in the least sweaty , but I would have liked more support — I thought it barely adequate except for lowland walking .
18	‘ Mikhail … we are still comparative strangers , but I would have hoped you already knew me better than that .
19	‘ But I would have guessed she had a good head for holding her drink .
20	‘ I suppose we could have gone but I would have preferred the holiday camp . ’
21	But I would have to give the money to him , mind . ’
22	I found that raising the volume helped to improve the realism but I would have like more presence and crisper definition .
23	It was horrible not being able to move but I would have done anything to keep my babies .
24	But I would have thought you could have got away with banking once a week .
25	But I would have tried to be anything to have him back and be able to say , Look , I 've come .
26	I did n't know what I was going to say , but I would have to come up with something .
27	‘ But I would have been through here sooner or later anyway .
28	Lili could be charmingly manipulative , but I would have thought my mother proof against her .
29	But I would have nothing to tell him , nothing to show him .
30	‘ I now have a wonderful little boy who is absolutely perfection , ’ she says , ‘ I know I might have had another wonderful child but I would have been riddled with doubt for most of its life . ’