Example sentences of "[modal v] [conj] [modal v] [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It sometimes seemed that the Government was less interested in broadcasting from the point of view of fulfilling the three aims mentioned in the plan than in what it could and should do to publicize its own policies and activities .
2 It could and should have led him to great opportunities .
3 Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle …
4 Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle …
5 I neither would nor could have murdered him , but I do not regard him as a loss . ’
6 The child can and will learn to express himself better .
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