Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] have [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | It was too large for me at that time , but over the next twelve months I must have grown considerably because , with wooden blocks fixed on the pedals , I was able to reach it in comparative comfort . |
2 | I should have known better than to take the word of any of that crowd from Donovan 's Square . ’ |
3 | But I should have known better than to accept anyone recommended by you . " |
4 | ‘ I should have known better than to think you 'd back down . ’ |
5 | Cork , aiming to combine playing with a new career in management when his Bramall Lane contract expires next summer , added : ‘ I should have had more than two goals this season because I kept missing chances . |
6 | I 'll have to go tomorrow if that happens . |
7 | I 'll have to tread warily though , both with him and with the city in general . |
8 | Young Seb is on his way — and I 'll have to work hard if I 'm to keep up with him . ’ |
9 | I could have heard even though closed doors — I stopped my ears . |
10 | I think I could have done better if I had a different attitude , ’ she said . |
11 | There was no way I could have refused even if I had wanted to , so a few days later I found myself shaking in the BBC 's hospitality suite , very glad to have Mary and Chris with me for moral support . |
12 | My success up to the present time has been greater than I could have anticipated both as regards obtaining much information that is entirely new as well as in bringing together one of the finest collections that has ever been formed . |
13 | ‘ I 'd have gone today if I 'd know you were coming home . |
14 | But I 'd have gone nowhere if I 'd kept playing . |
15 | ‘ Even though we remain hopeful I 'd have to characterise yesterday as disappointing , ’ FBI agent Bob Ricks said at a daily news briefing on the 23rd day of the stand-off between cult members and federal authorities . |
16 | I would have done better if I 'd have had more time . |
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 . |
18 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
19 | She said , ‘ Fred and I will have to leave now as we have to catch the early train in the morning , Mary . |
20 | ‘ I decided that if she had run away she must have gone somewhere where it would be very difficult to find her . |
21 | She must have changed radically since she came to France , a carefree young woman writing home enthusiastic letters about her life in the sun . |
22 | She should have gone away when she had the chance . |
23 | She should have known better than to think he would bring it to her , miserable sinner that she was . |
24 | Devious devil ; she should have known better than to think she could fool him . |
25 | And I thought she might have come today cos she said she 'd bring up the money but she has n't , not yet . |
26 | You 'll have to do better than that , son . ’ |
27 | ‘ You 'll have to do better than that , love . |
28 | ‘ You 'll have to do better than that . |
29 | ‘ You 'll have to do better than that , ’ he said huskily . |
30 | You 'll have to do better than that . ’ |