Example sentences of "i [modal v] have [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think , however , I may have discovered a cure . |
| 2 | Not much to report this week on the home front , except that I have a sneaking feeling I may have broken a bone in my right hand . |
| 3 | But the time has come to admit that in my efforts to explain this one valid point I may have misled the reader in other ways . |
| 4 | ‘ The baby is scheduled at the end of March , but if it is late , I may have to miss the Masters . |
| 5 | But I feel I should return just a moment to the matter of my father ; for it strikes me I may have given the impression earlier that I treated him rather bluntly over his declining abilities . |
| 6 | In distinguishing between ( a ) and ( b ) I may have given the impression of wishing to maintain a strict distinction between space and time as against the physical space-time . |
| 7 | I may have hit the Mel Sterland fan club here . |
| 8 | I suppose I 've seen Matthew with the safe open , and I may have noticed the books , but this firm has been going for more than a century and one does n't take much notice of such things , one has grown up with them . ’ |
| 9 | I may have to spend a lot of my time in Scotland now — perhaps even look for a Scottish constituency — and your work is in London . ’ |
| 10 | I may have abused the trust Dr Kingdom placed in me . ’ |
| 11 | Raymond is n't fond of Jewish cooking and I may have lost the knack . |
| 12 | ‘ I may have got the idea from him in the first place , but that 's all . |
| 13 | by then I may have sold the house and , I mean , as soon as I sell the house |
| 14 | A little too sweet , and I may have overdone the spice . |
| 15 | I may have to learn a notion of proof different from that to which I am accustomed . |
| 16 | I may have changed a word here or there , but apart from that it 's all exact . |
| 17 | I must have heard a car door slam , or something . ’ |
| 18 | I must have heard the Brahms C major Sonata countless times , yet I can not recall having ever encountered a reading which balances the young composer 's variegated , emotionally charged adolescent outpourings as unerringly as Richter does here . |
| 19 | I must have destroyed a bomber ! |
| 20 | I told Michael what he wanted to hear , pretty much , without actually promising anything , because I could tell he was going to make it easy for me He was falling asleep on my shoulder When he did , I slipped out from under him , picked up his sexy uniform , which did n't seem quite so sexy any more , and took his glider key off the chain Then I got dressed quick , holding the key in my teeth , and then I went over to the kite , but I must have made a noise ; because Michael woke up I looked back and saw him putting both feet in one leg of his trousers , calling my name , trying to back out of it |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sorry , sir , I must have made a mistake . ’ |
| 22 | I must have made an impression ! ’ |
| 23 | Then she slumped back in her chair , mouthing the nicotine-dosed chewing gum she used instead of cigarettes , and I thought I must have imagined an intensity of which she was surely incapable . |
| 24 | So I had a market cornered and good access to American trips because I used to like writing about that , even though on the early stuff I must have affected a punk rock stance long after it was all over . ’ |
| 25 | I must have accepted the prospect of this baby with a vengeance , if I were seriously thinking of knitting as a desirable occupation . |
| 26 | Because I suppose I must have appeared a bit untrustworthy , thought Caspar , what with working for the Gruagach and everything . |
| 27 | But I must have felt the need for some support , because I found I 'd grabbed hold of one of my hammers — a geologist is always armed with a hammer — and when I got through to the back of the house he was there already , at the kitchen window . ’ |
| 28 | Some of the super models like Linda Whatsername have actually dyed their hair red , so I guess I must have set a trend ! . |
| 29 | ‘ I must have left a hole somewhere , because one has slipped through — straight into my heart . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I must have left the garage door open . |