Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , darling , if I make you half as happy as you make me I shall have done well … |
| 2 | Without half a bottle of red wine inside me I might have slipped on the slimy breakwater , but I jump onto the stony beach and chase her along the shore . |
| 3 | ‘ Are you telling me I might get bounced ? ’ |
| 4 | Altogether it lasted a month and but for the neighbours rallying around and taking care of me I would have ended up in hospital . |
| 5 | ‘ If only it had been me I would have flown to the highest tree where they could n't catch me and then , and then into the sky to find the wind . ’ |
| 6 | My mum used to dress me up for church , but if it was up to me I would have wanted to wear something tatty . |
| 7 | That was very early on in my filming if anyone had asked me I would have said ‘ I 'm always on the move , you know I never sit down in a lesson , and I do n't sit down but where I was on the move was in a very limited space so just having the camera at the back on that table , just having it still showed me so much about what was going on in the room and how you use the time … |
| 8 | Yeah you should have told me I would have bought them out with me if you 'd said . |
| 9 | It was only my threat that stopped him because if his hand had touched me I would have walked out of this house that very minute and I would n't have had to go far . |
| 10 | If it had been left to me I would have put him out on the street long ago . |
| 11 | Yes , and erm , I 'm very sorry about it , er , because if they 'd breathalysed me I would have failed as well . |
| 12 | She added : ‘ If I had n't had Steffine with me I would have had a go . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ But Ivy has turned out to be so good for me I must have done the right thing . |
| 15 | If I 'd had my nailfile with me I 'd have had a go at it . |
| 16 | ‘ If it had been me I 'd have learnt to be transmitted as microwaves by now , and bounced off Jupiter . |
| 17 | I did n't blame her , I told you I did n't , but when she told me I could 've killed her … |
| 18 | Friends and relatives tell me I should have stopped by now , and I know I do n't want to carry on through the toddler years . |
| 19 | Whatever my father asked of me I should have said no . |
| 20 | ‘ Some people told me I should have told the selectors to shove it and play for my club instead , but I thought if I kept quiet and plugged away I would get my chance — but I did n't think it would come this season , ’ Andrew said . |
| 21 | ‘ As the boat you were using for your ridiculous smuggling attempt belongs to me I should have thought it was obvious . ’ |
| 22 | There was nothing I could have done though . |
| 23 | You , my comrade in arms , my friend for whom I would have given my life . ’ |
| 24 | The soup seemed to fail in its purpose , and so did Herman , in whom I would have put my trust . |
| 25 | Of course there were friends whom I could have asked , but I had seen an opportunity to be stubborn and had dismissed each of her suggested candidates with tiresome and irrelevant objections — too fat , too blonde , too tall , too many teeth . |
| 26 | Grateful thanks are due to the following , without whom I could have written this piece but it would have been rubbish |
| 27 | There is no question but that it would have involved tough chairmanship and I am convinced that the Minister — whom I should have expected to chair the conference — would have had to hit a few heads together . |
| 28 | Speaking on radio the man , whose wife was assaulted , said : ‘ If I had got my hands on them I would have broken their arms . ’ |
| 29 | It was them I should have turned on , not Sharon Latimer ! |
| 30 | Well I I would have said on the phone that under normal circumstances if you 're salaried or have been salaried I do n't talk people into this unless they 're a certain age . |