Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] have [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I certainly do n't prefer the figurative though I may have lent this way at one time .
2 I may have seen many Garter Snakes on sale which I took to be pattern variations on the species most commonly available .
3 We flew economy — I may have to make this trip regularly if Stanford accept me , and my insurance does n't cover me , so every penny counts .
4 Well research suggests that something like eighty eight percent , that 's research by Klaus and Bass , Klaus and Bass nineteen eighty-eight , actually I may have got that date wrong so I 'm not sure you should quote the date , anyway it 's Klaus and Bass .
5 My period comes every month , so I think I may have caught some illness from my husband .
6 ‘ I suppose I ought to have made more enquiries when I was inviting him — I mean , it would seem discourteous to ignore her , if she exists .
7 I must have waited several minutes , I should have known but I could n't bear the suspense .
8 But I must have missed that film .
9 Yet I must have conveyed some uneasiness to my parents .
10 I must have passed that florist 's in Rumsey Road several hundred times and never really looked at it , let alone into it .
11 I must have chosen this day to have gone and met this man .
12 I must have thought this morning .
13 No doubt it will transpire that I must have known this Paykhull . ’
14 did I have another conversation , Jess and Lucy so I must have had another conversation with you last night then Jess
15 I must have had some lessons at the Legation , though I have no recollection of them , for I learnt to read and write .
16 I should have attended that Council meeting you know ? ’ he added more lightly , but I was busy , I sent my excuses .
17 She meant I did n't girn or make a fuss , and meant I should have stayed that way .
18 I should have realised that genius , as some bright spark in the office said , has a lot to do with genes .
19 I should have made more effort to get close to her , Claudia thought miserably ; all her efforts had been rebuffed , but , deny it or not , the bond was there and she hesitated to turn her sensitive twin over to Roman Wyatt 's not so tender mercy .
20 ‘ But I 'm bound to say that in your position I think I should have made some enquiry into his bona fides .
21 But I should have guessed that Hurley and his crowd would again put two and two together and make 22 .
22 My relationship with my father had not changed , although I should have welcomed some change , since the days of my early childhood : it is difficult for most parents to admit that their children are growing up and therefore in need of a more flexible parental attitude .
23 I knew I should have found some way to follow that pair up to the pond .
24 I should have taken more care .
25 I should have had that witch brought in ! ’
26 I should have had more faith in you . ’
27 I should have had more sense .
28 ‘ God knows I should have had more sense .
29 ‘ I mean that I should have died that afternoon , but the matchless Son of God took my place , God visited all his wrath , judgement and curses upon Jesus and therefore I can go scot-free . ’
30 If I had ever thought of the possibility of being taken prisoner while I was in England , I should have expected all Germans to be like the officer who had tried to interrogate me at the aerodrome or the two soldiers who had brought me from the aerodrome to Amsterdam .
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