Example sentences of "i [vb mod] have [be] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may have been called a pillock and a dickhead , but no one asked why I had tried to brain my companion . |
| 2 | ‘ I should have been marrying a prince . ’ |
| 3 | Maybe I could have been offered a discount if I brought my wife next time . |
| 4 | I 'd have been making a living for myself as well ! ’ |
| 5 | I knew , of course , that one or other of the suore kept a constant eye on how we behaved , and I knew too that had they noticed anything ‘ unusual ’ I would have been given a severe talking-to and told not to come back . |
| 6 | If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’ |