Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] i [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 I should have known I would have problems when I crossed the border of a place whose name I could hardly pronounce — Mosonmagyaróvár .
2 ‘ My dear brother must have guessed I 'd come here and tipped them off , but then he would n't know I had these . ’
3 You knew I had returned from Australia , and you must have known I 'd come immediately . ’
4 But Birmingham must have won today cos they had equal top must have won I would have thought .
5 Well there used to be one on the corner of Street and Street that was , that was a pawnshop right opposite the churches facing it the church were on the one corner Street and used to be on the opposite corner , and Johnny was a member of the church choir as I was after I was ten years ol ten years old , I Mr he must have thought I could sing he sent me down to St Paul 's and I , I went to St Paul 's Church on the corner of Street and I did n't stay there long because it was I was still working part- time I was still a schoolboy but er I did sing in the choir at St Paul 's Church for a time , and then I went , I went back to St Mary 's and All Saints in Palfry as a choirboy and er we used to have choir practice once or twice a week , I know we had it Wednesday night , the choir master was Albert Edward he was a butcher , kept a butcher 's shop on the corner of and
6 Well I 'll have to tell I 'll tell them that you 're head then young teachers and just go out and join a class of tutors .
7 I might have guessed I 'd get no sympathy from Claire .
8 If I could 've chosen I would 've got a girl more sophisticated , talk awhile , have a few drinks then screw .
9 I 'd have done I 'd have done a quick , a little man carrying a bag with dollars
10 I suppose if you 'd asked me before all this happened , I 'd have said I 'd give in , but I was so angry .
11 If I 'd have known I would have brought that this morning
12 David , if I 'd have known I 'd have took wha other one out .
13 I must say I 'd have thought I could rely on you to calm people down .
14 they 'd leave themselves open to some criticism erm because the beneficiaries of whoever otherwise may be entitled to the shares may have said I would like to have those shares .
15 Yet who would have thought I would talk to myself in this way in these notes ? he wrote .
16 ‘ You are the last woman I would have thought I would want — you 're everything I despise , but you 're in danger of becoming an obsession and there 's only one way to deal with it : we 'll make love until we 're sated with each other , then we 'll both be free to go our separate ways and forget we ever met . ’
17 There who are they on about three four three four three four to call it 's er a very public figure very public you 're bound to have heard of him you 've probably seen him as well I would have thought I would have thought so as some stage picture always in the paper there as well you know nice big swanky car too .
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