Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [pron] [adv] [det] " in BNC.

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1 I just thought you might 've needed them today that was all
2 I think a lot of er a lot of wives may not have given you as much information as Maggie did .
3 ‘ I felt that if we 'd signed him he could have given us just that little bit extra up front which would have enabled us to win the title .
4 ‘ I felt that if we 'd signed he could have given us just that little bit extra up front which would have enabled us to win the title , ’ said Ferguson .
5 Totally unexpected because frankly no government , no civil service would have given us as much money for residential places as they did if they 'd known .
6 Sorry that was squared yeah so the differential of that would 've given us twice er would have given us twice that .
7 If that was the Big Time , it would n't have impressed them too much — the journey would have seemed like an eternity .
8 Well I think he would have enjoyed it too much to be quite honest with you that 's why I did n't do it .
9 We could have saved ourselves so much time and grief .
10 That 's one of the main reasons why we think he ca n't have done it very many times . ’
11 ‘ You must have missed him very much . ’
12 A few activists might have seen it as more than that , but that was never the view of the General Council .
13 Henry continued to place the puppets in folds of Christmas paper and lay them in their boxes as he said , ‘ It 'll be like last year ; the Lord of the Manor will have bought her so much that everybody else 's presents will be eclipsed . ’
14 His first thought , as he shook the hand of the distinctive dark man almost as tall as himself , was that Francesca must have got it wrong this time .
15 ‘ Someone must have hurt you very much , ’ Claudia said , her voice warm with sympathy .
16 In normal circumstances , this would have infuriated her far more than the clumsy attentions of Lee , but tonight a treacherous part of her soul kept hissing , ‘ Why not ?
17 ‘ Stephanie could have found you somewhere more inspiring to work .
18 But with water shares expected to soar to a 30 per cent premium on the first day of trading , Mrs Ullman 's delay on the Tube could have cost her as much as £150 .
19 I bought these Levi 501 's for £25 back home they would have cost me double that . ’
20 Certainly if I had been doing all the restoration work myself it would n't have cost me so much because I am the cheapest worker in this outfit .
21 He might not have involved himself too much in the day-to-day running of the club , yet I was never in any doubt as to who made the final decisions .
22 She thinks that we may have sent her too many book tokens , ‘ but ca n't check .
23 When she was younger and thoroughly impatient with her mother she had sometimes entertained a fantasy that Constance would kidnap her and take her away to live with the gipsies : now she felt that she might not have liked it as much as she thought .
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