C2 · Word order

Clusters & conditionals

Three-verb clusters, inverted conditionals and fronted clauses.

He says he should have been able to finish it earlier.
I don't think she would have dared to say that.
Had I known that, I would never have come.
The bill that should have been passed last year is still being debated.
Without having read the report, the minister rejected it.
Only then did she realise what she had done.
However much he protests, the decision stands.
It is not clear whether the committee will be allowed to inspect the documents.
He is said to have left the country.
That he was right, nobody wanted to admit.