Example sentences of "should [not/n't] have " in BNC.

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1 None the less , he wrote , I should not have let her see it .
2 You should not have the vaccine if :
3 She should not have gone to that party .
4 It is not , however , possible to complain about whether such and such a point should or should not have been awarded .
5 ‘ Well — if he hated the massacre , he should not have been at the battle . ’
6 However , on three occasions I was witness to CAMRA members complaining loudly that they should not have to queue as long as non-members to get in , or that only CAMRA members should be allowed to attend .
7 Fathers and other family members who admit they have sexually abused children in the home should not have to face criminal prosecution , the conference was told .
8 Law Report : Jury should not have known of co-defendant 's guilty plea : Regina v Mattison — Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) ( Lord Justice Mustill , Mr Justice Nolan and Mr Justice Saville ) , 5 October 1989
9 Bankside Power Station should not have been built .
10 He said that the FIA tribunal had no right to rule on the case until a hearing in Portugal and should not have heard representation from Mansell and Ferrari at a hearing in Paris last Thursday .
11 Shortly before David Hunt , Minister of State for the Environment , announced drastic changes in the ‘ safety net ’ arrangements to the conference , he was warned once again that poll tax payers in prudent council areas should not have to subsidise the profligate .
12 But Shilton should not have been allowed to make his crucial save .
13 The FIA tribunal postponed any decision , but Balestre said it had no right to rule on the case until after the Portuguese hearing and should not have heard representation .
14 But he should not have played since 1 October , when temporary clearance from the English Basket Ball Association expired .
15 Yakovlev found this contrast with Nikol'sk bizarre and inexplicable , but he should not have done .
16 Ramsey did not see why it should not have a wider interest as in Henson 's day .
17 There was no more objective reason why firearms should not have been used in burglaries and bank hold-ups thirty or sixty years ago than today ; but it ‘ was n't done ’ — until it was discovered that it was done , that you could do it .
18 Diction should not have too much expression .
19 ‘ Oh ! ’ answered the river , ‘ if all my drops of water were tears , I should not have enough to weep for Narcissus myself .
20 I had been greatly amused , although I think I should not have been .
21 Bridge lengths vary from three to four rigs on the Leine to an average ten rigs on the Weser and really , given the practised excellence of the crews , this last thirty-one-rig bridge of Exercise Neptune 's Gallop 1989 should not have aroused much emotion , but it did made the thirtieth of June a little bit different .
22 Perhaps I should not have said that . ’
23 People got through to the Prince who should not have , and those who should have did n't .
24 Mr Campbell-Savours alleges that senior Scotland Yard officers then decided the team should not have any further contact with the Observer or Lonrho .
25 Dr Runcie stressed the terrorists should not have the last word .
26 The BBC 's solicitor , Mr Sean McTernan , said they accepted that the allegations were false and should not have been broadcast .
27 To say nothing of the fact that ‘ charity ’ should not have been invoked in this issue , the fact was that the excruciating passion levels broke all records on this outing , bust all guts .
28 It was Grizel Huntley 's own view that her brother had not been fooled at all but had been charmed and diverted by a dashing girl thirty years his junior , and had seen no reason at all why she should not have a share of his considerable estate when that left a very decent down-setting for his niece as well .
29 Smiling to himself , he looked idly across the road and saw Francesca , who should not have been back till Thursday .
30 Free speech has lost , and should not have done
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