Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [adv] [adv] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may therefore not have heard points made to which I wish to refer . |
| 2 | I should just about have finished at the hairdresser 's by then . ’ |
| 3 | I should n't ever have got myself into that position but it 's a wonderful feeling when you get yourself out of it . |
| 4 | ‘ I should n't really haff talked to a stranger like that , ’ she thought , as she hurried back through the wood , ‘ especially a tramp , but if people drop paper about they really ought to be told , because they get other people into trouble . |
| 5 | And er , I should n't really have started this over because Lawrence takes so long to go through it , erm , find Johnson waiting , think it right . |
| 6 | If he had been loyal I should never even have mentioned these playroom plots and tantrums of yours . |
| 7 | I 've said what I should never even have thought . ’ |
| 8 | Boswell explained , patiently enough to judge from his text , that he merely intended to see that all was well at Glenelg , to which Johnson replied , ‘ Do you know , I should as soon have thought of picking a pocket as doing so ? ’ |
| 9 | It is my one great regret about this whole sorry business that at this crucial time in the Government 's fortunes , when I should so much have liked to be seen as a tower of strength , I am perceived by some as a point of weakness . |
| 10 | British playwright John Arden ( he of Sergeant Musgrave 's Dance ) accepted the Obie on Henry Livings 's behalf , though , commented Livings , ‘ In his mild way John hinted I might well not have enjoyed the way it was done in New York , but I never argue with box-office returns . ’ |
| 11 | I could n't really have done it . |
| 12 | I could n't possibly feel isolated in one of them — especially if someone came to see me , ’ she 'd added archly . |
| 13 | But dreams I could n't possibly have had without his having really done those things . |
| 14 | I told him how I could freeze my eidetic images , then project my phantom body into them , to discover things that I could not possibly have known . |
| 15 | I could probably still have got across , but as I have said , the stones of the causeway were thick with seaweed , and treacherous even when exposed . |
| 16 | I could so easily have divided Charlie 's six per cent between Sal , Grace , and that awful Kitty , who had so obviously lied about her brother 's death . |
| 17 | ‘ I could quite easily have picked it up for you . |
| 18 | I could quite easily have used gravy browning instead . ’ |
| 19 | I 'd else not have done so . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd much rather get involved that way than just stand about watching . |
| 21 | " I 'd much rather have written instructions than a telephone call . " |
| 22 | I take modelling for what it is ; I made money I 'd never otherwise have made so quickly , and I 'm still young enough to do something else . |
| 23 | ‘ I do trust you , and I do love you , though perhaps I 'd never really have found that out without this test . |
| 24 | It even knew which land was mine so I need n't even have guided it there . |
| 25 | And Gee ( 1975 : 311 ) argues that whereas in I helped them carry the load " I take part in the carrying " , this is not necessarily implied by the sentence with to , where " I need not actually have done any carrying " , as shown by : ( 16a ) I helped them to carry the load by having my secretary get them a cart . |
| 26 | I had a romantic , not an objective , conception of history ; Alexander the Great was foremost among my heroes , Montrose was the leader I would most gladly have followed , John Knox was my particular aversion . |
| 27 | I know for sure if he had n't been on the scene and it was only Colonel Vaughan and myself , I would most likely have said . |
| 28 | When I first went in for forensic medicine he used me a lot and I got a great deal of experience I would n't otherwise have had because he was never too proud to ask for a specialist opinion . |
| 29 | ‘ If you 'd have come to me when I was eighteen I would n't even have spoken to you . ’ |
| 30 | But at the same time there may be limitations in your own vision and he brought out parts that maybe I would n't even have used . |