Example sentences of "i [vb mod] have [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As she was a devout Anglican , somewhat callously I may have thought that death to her was not the ‘ end ’ it might be to others .
2 I think I must have realized that Jean-Claude had neither the nerve nor the genuine confidence to take up an appointment in a language he did not speak .
3 I should have said that beauty does n't matter , or something like that . ’
4 Lastly , I should have said that entries close at 17.00 GMT on Fri 14th ( not 13th , as I said earlier ) .
5 I should have realized that Clive would dump me at the first opportunity , that he had in fact been looking for an excuse to do so .
6 I should have known that Jean-Claude would wish to return to Paris a few days prior to the anniversary of Montaine 's death , a date embossed not only on his and Mme Guérigny 's mind but on my own .
7 I should have mentioned that Joe Lawley and Graham Lloyd have already made a start with tree clearance .
8 Any hope I might have entertained that Lewis and Verity 's little Hogmanay hug had been an aberration , something they would fail to follow through , or feel for some reason embarrassed about , was comprehensively quashed the next evening when they turned up together at Uncle Hamish and Aunt Tone 's , bearing all the signs of new lovers ( literally so in the case of Lewis 's neck , which displayed a line of passion purpurae worthy of an industrial vacuum cleaner , and which were ill-concealed by Lewis 's longish dark curls and a white shirt fastened with a bootlace tie ) .
9 I might have added that Masha once told me she did n't know what women saw in her two ageing friends .
10 I might have known that Dr. Lorrimer would be mixed up in it .
11 I 'd have to say that Deuce was the most aggressive and distorted band around Washington , and that 's always been one of my attitudes : to be the most aggressive , no-holds-barred type of player that I can possibly be . ’
12 If I 'd have thought that Mrs Carrow would take it on herself to go down to the beach with little Celia that morning when one of my younger brothers came for me because my mum was ill , well I 'd never have gone , however much I was needed at home .
13 I 'd have thought that PMT was enough of a male hazard anyway , without that kind of mollycoddling .
14 I would have thought that overreaction would at least be preferable to the apathy currently being shown by both the government and general public alike .
15 I would have thought that Burun 's influence — ’ Alexei began .
16 Later in my trip I would have known that cooks are rare — not only because of expense , but because cooking is too important to leave to servants .
17 I did n't , I would have I would have accused that Jack would actually publicise this as another Westminster scandal .
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