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

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1 I certainly do n't prefer the figurative though I may have lent this way at one time .
2 I may have seen many Garter Snakes on sale which I took to be pattern variations on the species most commonly available .
3 We flew economy — I may have to make this trip regularly if Stanford accept me , and my insurance does n't cover me , so every penny counts .
4 Well research suggests that something like eighty eight percent , that 's research by Klaus and Bass , Klaus and Bass nineteen eighty-eight , actually I may have got that date wrong so I 'm not sure you should quote the date , anyway it 's Klaus and Bass .
5 My period comes every month , so I think I may have caught some illness from my husband .
6 But I must have missed that film .
7 Yet I must have conveyed some uneasiness to my parents .
8 I must have passed that florist 's in Rumsey Road several hundred times and never really looked at it , let alone into it .
9 I must have chosen this day to have gone and met this man .
10 I must have thought this morning .
11 No doubt it will transpire that I must have known this Paykhull . ’
12 did I have another conversation , Jess and Lucy so I must have had another conversation with you last night then Jess
13 I should have attended that Council meeting you know ? ’ he added more lightly , but I was busy , I sent my excuses .
14 Oh well yes I should have done one word .
15 She meant I did n't girn or make a fuss , and meant I should have stayed that way .
16 I should have realised that genius , as some bright spark in the office said , has a lot to do with genes .
17 I should have made more effort to get close to her , Claudia thought miserably ; all her efforts had been rebuffed , but , deny it or not , the bond was there and she hesitated to turn her sensitive twin over to Roman Wyatt 's not so tender mercy .
18 ‘ But I 'm bound to say that in your position I think I should have made some enquiry into his bona fides .
19 But I should have guessed that Hurley and his crowd would again put two and two together and make 22 .
20 My relationship with my father had not changed , although I should have welcomed some change , since the days of my early childhood : it is difficult for most parents to admit that their children are growing up and therefore in need of a more flexible parental attitude .
21 I have already mentioned the stipulation that before I could qualify for married status I should have passed two language exams .
22 I should have thought veterinary surgery was reasonably remunerative .
23 I knew I should have found some way to follow that pair up to the pond .
24 I should have taken better care of you . ’
25 I should have taken more care .
26 I should have had that witch brought in ! ’
27 I should have had more faith in you . ’
28 I should have had more sense .
29 ‘ God knows I should have had more sense .
30 If I 'd been fourteen years old I should have commanded one shilling , but being only twelve and a half I got sixpence .
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