Example sentences of "[pers pn] should have told " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should have told you earlier but it must have slipped the old mind . ’ |
| 2 | When he 'd gone I lay and thought for a long time about poor young Mr Vickers , and of what I should have told Doone , and had n't . |
| 3 | ‘ I should have told Walter to let him go . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Some people told me I should have told the selectors to shove it and play for my club instead , but I thought if I kept quiet and plugged away I would get my chance — but I did n't think it would come this season , ’ Andrew said . |
| 5 | I 'm sorry if I should have told you before . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I should have told Perdita years ago , but I 'm such a drip I funked it . ’ |
| 7 | I 've something I must tell you , something I should have told you before . |
| 8 | If I were trying to keep things straight , I should have told Stuart about Oliver 's appearance at the door and what I did with his flowers . |
| 9 | I know I should have told you but … ’ he trailed off with a shrug and stared dejectedly at his feet . |
| 10 | I know I should have told you earlier but I reasoned that if I did you would n't want me along ; and you needed a guide . |
| 11 | I should have told you , the night I met you on Starr Hills ; but I 'd only that day realized and I was afraid who might be listening . |
| 12 | She thought : I should have told him . |
| 13 | ‘ I have that to tell you that I should have told before this , since it has to do with the issue that is now in dispute among all here . |
| 14 | I should have told you at the beginning . |
| 15 | Then I launched into the confession I should have told the priest — the one I have written down here . |
| 16 | I should have told him to go to hell . |
| 17 | Now I realize I should have told her , should have explained , talked it out with her , but it 's easy to be clever afterwards . |
| 18 | I should have told you days ago . ’ |
| 19 | I should have told you , should n't I ? |
| 20 | ‘ I should have told you , ’ he said . |
| 21 | I should have told you myself , but somehow the opportunity was never there . ’ |
| 22 | I should have told you we go up to kill men and not pop balloons ? |
| 23 | I should have told you the Huns have balloons the way you have the runs , but they are short of skilled observers ? |
| 24 | I should have told you that snot comes out of your nose ? ’ |
| 25 | The hospital had a flower shop inside its main entrance and I subbed Fenella a tenner to get a decent bunch of flowers ( I knew I should have told them about their pot plant ) while I tried to chat up the nurse on reception . |
| 26 | Perhaps I should have told her to concentrate on school . ’ |
| 27 | There is something I should have told you . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's what I should have told her last night , when she sent me after you . ’ |
| 29 | I should have told you , we have to leave very early , so that — ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I should have told you earlier about the pain , Shelley , but I thought you 'd had enough ill people for one day , ’ she explained . |