Example sentences of "should [verb] have " in BNC.

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1 But why he seems to think we should want to have anything to do with him and his fancy talk — that 's more than I can imagine .
2 An industrial manager at any level should endeavour to have a clear view of the future , and the role that he would like his business to play in that future .
3 With a great clean sound , reasonable amounts of crunch and buckets-full of sustain , The Attax preamp should 've had me jumping about in praise .
4 I did n't lose her till she was over twenty but So but I think it was desperation because if I 'd had money I should 've had a house full of children because I loved them , you see , I 've always loved children .
5 I think they should 've had
6 Never ever had half as much wage as I really should 've had and I say to that 's never bothered me .
7 Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ?
8 You should 've had an Expresso coffee .
9 We should 've had a picture of that .
10 They should 've had someone completely better .
11 What they should 've done , instead of having all them machines on that moors they should 've had damn bugger stripped to waist digging it out .
12 If it is unnecessarily bureaucratic the engineer should seek to have the systems modified so that they contribute more cost effectively to improved quality .
13 Taxpayers should seek to have income if at all possible assessed under TA 1988 , Case III or Cases IV and V rather than Case VI because in the former Cases the assessment is on the preceding year basis .
14 To achieve this , each health authority should consider having
15 By a process of mutual choice , referral back and elimination a number of names is arrived at of individuals who by reputation are assumed by those who should know to have power in the community .
16 Iraq is a grim model of what kind of thing the next secretary-general should expect to have thrown at him .
17 ‘ Leicester is a city in which we should expect to have a good general bookshop , and we shall be looking for a bigger and better site in the city . ’
18 what sort of penetration we should expect to have .
19 Letters should appear to have been typed individually .
20 Occasionally , when he came back to Cambridge in later years , and especially when he came back to help the university elect another professor of divinity , he would be nostalgic , and say , ‘ I should like to have another go at being regius professor , .
21 Yes , please ’ — to the hovering waitress — ‘ we should like to have our bill . ’
22 I should like to have found you something nicer to do , but I could n't let you go to people we know nothing about , and Mrs Andrews says that her cousin is sure to take care of you .
23 I should like to have known more about his views on possible links between social deprivation and suicidal intent , but perhaps that would be a different kind of book .
24 I should like to have been a parent , a real English Socialist , a stunning diver on the side , and a foppish dresser .
25 I was glad that we had not troubled him personally , though we confessed that we should like to have set foot in the flat .
26 I should like to have a good bath — I have n't had one for weeks — and something to eat , before you begin to cut me up as though I were one of your business opponents laid out for you to hand them the coup de grâce . ’
27 One matter which I should like to have seen included would almost certainly have merited parliamentary discussion before the inevitable dissolution of this Parliament , which will make this a short Session .
28 I am a bit bemused about the definition of a student and should like to have it clarified for England , Wales and Scotland .
29 I should like to have had time to discuss such matters , but the paucity of progress made yesterday , the long speeches and the many amendments which had to be considered left the Government with no option but to move a guillotine motion today .
30 I SHOULD like to have your opinion regarding a touch and go subject : namely toilet facilities at football grounds .
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