Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] 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 certainly do n't prefer the figurative though I may have lent this way at one time .
4 I may have seen many Garter Snakes on sale which I took to be pattern variations on the species most commonly available .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 My period comes every month , so I think I may have caught some illness from my husband .
8 I must have waited several minutes , I should have known but I could n't bear the suspense .
9 That 's alright that , I must have done six loads of washing , for some reason I just did n't seem to have enough to do me loads
10 But I must have missed that film .
11 Yet I must have conveyed some uneasiness to my parents .
12 I must have passed that florist 's in Rumsey Road several hundred times and never really looked at it , let alone into it .
13 I must have chosen this day to have gone and met this man .
14 I must have thought this morning .
15 No doubt it will transpire that I must have known this Paykhull . ’
16 did I have another conversation , Jess and Lucy so I must have had another conversation with you last night then Jess
17 I must have had some lessons at the Legation , though I have no recollection of them , for I learnt to read and write .
18 I should have attended that Council meeting you know ? ’ he added more lightly , but I was busy , I sent my excuses .
19 ‘ I prayed that I would see you again , ’ he said , ‘ so I could ask the question I should have asked five years ago .
20 Oh well yes I should have done one word .
21 She meant I did n't girn or make a fuss , and meant I should have stayed that way .
22 I should have realised that genius , as some bright spark in the office said , has a lot to do with genes .
23 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 .
24 ‘ But I 'm bound to say that in your position I think I should have made some enquiry into his bona fides .
25 But I should have guessed that Hurley and his crowd would again put two and two together and make 22 .
26 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 .
27 I have already mentioned the stipulation that before I could qualify for married status I should have passed two language exams .
28 I should have thought veterinary surgery was reasonably remunerative .
29 I knew I should have found some way to follow that pair up to the pond .
30 I should have taken better care of you . ’
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