Example sentences of "i [modal v] have [vb pp] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I should have said at the beginning , although I hope it 's obvious , that the speaker of this poem is , of course , coming back to the town where he was born . |
| 2 | I think I should have stayed at the old school where they had confidence in me . |
| 3 | I should have screamed at the start — whenever the start could now be said to be . |
| 4 | Then , alone there in his room , I began to laugh , as I should have laughed at the time . |
| 5 | Another time I might have bristled at the idea of being overseen , at work . |
| 6 | I could have stood at the window all afternoon , |
| 7 | So she said what it was , and then looking through it , it actually certainly we could have done with a fle I could have looked at the the flexible thing before we came to the meeting , because it |
| 8 | And the fact that your wife is erm there was something that could 've possibly been done for your wife and that is something that maybe I would 've mentioned at the end , do you think this would of be any benefit to the wife only as maybe an ending statement or something |
| 9 | If I were Batty I would have jumped at the offer . |
| 10 | I would have smiled at the Kafkaesqueness of the situation , had I not broken out in a cold sweat and had I at that stage not been ignorant of Kafka 's existence . |
| 11 | For had it not been raining so hard on that Tuesday evening I would have arrived at the Philharmonia Hall in good time . |