Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] have [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I am sure that the House wished to join him in sending its sympathy to the many victims , some of whom may have suffered irreparable damage . |
2 | Some of them may have become bottom living , crawling hunters for which a gastropod-like shell would have been more appropriate . |
3 | I should have thought veterinary surgery was reasonably remunerative . |
4 | I should have to get other opinions but I 'd guess they would fetch a good deal of money at auction . |
5 | ‘ Did it occur to you that I might have made other arrangements ? ’ she said eventually . |
6 | I take it that I do n't like modern art and yet I can imagine that while being the same person that I am I might have liked modern art . |
7 | But I might have taken other examples . |
8 | ‘ I 'll have to go straight back and lock it . |
9 | I 'll have to pay full fare on Sunday now , both ways . |
10 | You and I 'll have to start passive exercises . ’ |
11 | otherwise , as you say , I could 've gone straight past here . |
12 | The only way I could have done real justice to the subject would have been to cut down on other chapters , and that would have made it more of a carp book than anything else . |
13 | I says if I 'd 've wanted a slice of fat and I 'd 've want burnt tomatoes I says I would 've ordered them . |
14 | Had I been called upon to exercise my discretion , I would have given particular consideration to the great disturbance that I have found the residents suffer . |
15 | Or I would have to do miserable work like illustrating , or even commercial stuff , to keep the home going . |
16 | ‘ I would have had different children . |
17 | It was a perfectly serious prophecy , for which I would have paid good money had I gone to one of the Haleiwa psychics . |
18 | I would have to change certain things I 'd planned . |
19 | I was more surprised than gratified , for without having really considered it I would have expected unsolicited adoration to annoy Nour , to lead to stone-throwing … |
20 | I would have preferred black pipework to white , for its unobtrusiveness but , more to the point , the hopper itself could have been made of a darker and heavier-gauge material . |
21 | I shall be a failure , I shall have to take Holy Orders , but you see , I 'm in such an agony of doubt , I ca n't decide . ’ |
22 | Later , I shall have to wear dark colours , Philip , even though I promised you I would n't . |
23 | In the next house you see I shall have to have different seating , they , they , I 'm going to , I 'm going to get somewhere smaller , so that three piece suite , it owes me nothing it only cost me what seven hundred pounds |
24 | ‘ I shall have to get extra waiters , order the food , prepare the wine , get musicians — ’ |
25 | I had hoped you would be able to help me but since you say you ca n't I shall have to pursue other avenues . |
26 | I always eat well at university at lunch time , including a pudding , because I know that when I get home I will have to eat minute quantities . |
27 | ‘ Then I will have to try other methods . ’ |
28 | Confounding variables which may have affected urinary albumin excretion were similar within and between our two groups — that is , glycaemic control , weight , and protein intake ( as reflected by urinary urea excretion ) . |
29 | This view was qualified by other officers of the company who said in some instances Informix could provide backing for startup firms , such as those which may have developed important technology but were unable to productise it due to lack of funds . |
30 | In the face of the dreadful attacks on police officers , the Home Office should have put together an urgent review team which should have incorporated other Departments and put forward a package of measures . |