Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course he should have said I do n't have a choice . |
| 2 | That should have gone I think that was wrong . |
| 3 | ‘ If I had been sensible , Alexandra , I should have known I had no chance . |
| 4 | ‘ You should have known I did not mean it , ’ complained the old lady in a fretful tone . |
| 5 | ‘ He should have known I did n't mean the things I said , ’ Bertha had persisted stubbornly . |
| 6 | He must have seen I did n't understand , because he added , drinking . |
| 7 | After what seemed an age , Rubber Feet moved off towards what they call the Lavatory Tower ( not what it sounds like ) , Leather Feet must have figured I 'd gone inside the Cath because he pattered off up the steps , which of course meant the end of all hopes of returning to my refuge via the Crypt . |
| 8 | The circumstances being what they were , Richard must have known I did not , but since he knew almost nothing about me except that I was willing , he could hardly have been expected to care . |
| 9 | He must have thought I went there to take fold up routes ! |
| 10 | He must have thought I meant our marriage , I see now . |
| 11 | Well you 'll have to decide I mean you |
| 12 | Right some of our speakers are retires I I 've been retired quite a number of years , as you 'll have noticed I give the talk on income tax and I 'm a retired tax inspector . |
| 13 | I 'll have to use I 've got Surf and I 've got bleach and that 'll do them . |
| 14 | Well I 'll have to admit I do like that a lovely there is n't a fridge in er in a my either . |
| 15 | Anyway that is something we 'll have to develop I think for all all levels of of staff . |
| 16 | I 'll have to check I 've got all the engine bits , whether I left any at dad 's so I can at least stick , bolt |
| 17 | One did not have to attend school meals with the boys over the week-end if one was off duty ; and the only master who might have noticed I had been away was Méli himself , but as it happened he 'd been in Athens . |
| 18 | If only he had started to write in a larger script , I might have felt I had succeeded with him , made him a poet . |
| 19 | Might have done I do n't know where she got it from I 'm sure . |
| 20 | Although it might be useful cos they might have given I suppose might n't they ? |
| 21 | He might have thought I 'd had one previous . |
| 22 | ‘ No , I do n't know ; he might have known I suppose , but I do n't think so . ’ |
| 23 | Since he had a lady so much more deserving than myself , I could have wished I had been of his sex and then there never would have been a more perfect friendship . |
| 24 | Could have sworn I saw some tits in there today . |
| 25 | Another chilling howl and I could have sworn I smelt their hot , sour breath . |
| 26 | I could have sworn I caught a glimpse of Swire Sugden through the haze on the opposite side . |
| 27 | I only got inside the front door cos it 's Tuesday night her night in the kitchen , so I went back home and he did n't half swear at me , he said you bloody well go again you want your head tested , I could have cried I thought oh well cos I did n't feel like rushing around |
| 28 | They counted the number of the copulations and they found the females were copulating much more than they needed in order to have , have offspring , so the big problem is why do female adders go to all the trouble of extra copulations with extra males when they could easily just make do with one or two and store the semen , and er the consequence as you could have predicted I think having attended my lectures , is that there does seem to be selection for erm sperm competition in male adders and the , the supposition seems to be that females are openly inciting male sperm competition , because they 're mating with many more males than they need to and there does n't seem to be another gain , they do n't get provisioning from a male , they , all they get is sperm . |
| 29 | It was the sort of thing I 'd have done I suppose if I 'd had the chance . |
| 30 | Well I 'd have thought I du n no ! |