Example sentences of "i [modal v] have [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must have been walking for nearly an hour , he thought . |
| 2 | ‘ The irony is that I did n't realise till Christmas , when I knew I loved you , that it was someone like you I should have been looking for all these years since . ’ |
| 3 | I should have been prepared for the lack of change on this front . |
| 4 | Reading this , I could have been forgiven for conjuring up a picture of the Queen Mother settling down comfortably by a television set at Sandringham , perhaps a daughter at her side , a corgi at feet and refreshment to hand , basking in the glow of my birthday tribute to her , and making a mental note to instruct the Private secretary in the morning to send a line of thanks to those concerned . |
| 5 | ‘ He sounds just the sort of keen , experienced youngster I would have been looking for . |
| 6 | said if I would have sold that car next to nothing I would have been done for it |
| 7 | He said : ‘ I assumed I would have been picked for the final . |