Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [indef pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I should have guessed something like this would happen . ’ |
| 2 | Hardy 's Wessex must have looked something like this . |
| 3 | ‘ The Square itself would have looked nothing like this in Cadfael 's day , but for me it 's got a lot of atmosphere and history . |
| 4 | Her suffering would have overwhelmed anyone with less spirit , as the futile efforts of science to rid her of the growths ravage her body . |
| 5 | If I 'd followed my own path , I 'd probably have done something like that [ arts ] . |
| 6 | Now what the bloody hell would I have done something like that for unless something bad had happened ? |
| 7 | The ‘ society-as-parent ’ thinkers , on the other hand , tend to perceive child care matters in personal rather than political terms and are more inclined to the views expressed or implied in the following comments by respondents from this group : ‘ you could never have done anything with this poor mother ’ , and : |
| 8 | ‘ Anna should have said nothing at all . |
| 9 | But I I would have said somebody like that |
| 10 | Elizabeth 's friend Maud must have said something of this sort , for I find I once wrote to her : ‘ Maud was right , I think . |
| 11 | Yes , Rona might easily have said something like that . |
| 12 | ‘ You should have said something before this . |
| 13 | This came out with more bravado than Sally-Anne really felt , and had she seen him more clearly before she intervened she might not have said anything at all . |
| 14 | The umpires might also have noticed something at some point along the line ! |
| 15 | You might have felt nothing at all . |
| 16 | McLeish had to remind himself that the dead girl behind them would have felt none of this dank chill . |
| 17 | Li Yuan must have seen something of that in her face , for what he said next seemed to penetrate her mood , almost to read her thoughts . |
| 18 | I would n't have written one like that when I was at school . |
| 19 | In such a case the plaintiff could recover the extra cost of the special equipment , but could not recover the basic cost of the car if he would have needed one in any event . |
| 20 | ‘ Obviously his doctor must have anticipated something like this . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You could have had anything in that bottle . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Why on earth should she have thought anything like that ? ’ he demanded , sounding almost angry . |
| 23 | Do you know I think that I should have got something like that for Shirley should n't I ? |
| 24 | I 'd have remembered something like that . ’ |
| 25 | Damn you , Crevecoeur — I should have known something like this would happen ! |
| 26 | I suppose I should have known something like this would happen . ’ |
| 27 | I mean , ten years ago , maybe twenty years ago , I would n't have known anyone at all that had been millionaires . |
| 28 | ‘ I was about to say , ’ Horowitz continued , ‘ that Tweed must have assumed something like this would happen . ’ |
| 29 | My pre-entry briefing must have gone something like this . |
| 30 | Might have cut somebody with that . ’ |