Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] should have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I should have formed a better plan ; perhaps I should have made instead for the Villa Diodati , to see if I could secure any friends and allies there . |
| 2 | Perhaps I should have put a bit more water into my late night whisky ? |
| 3 | Perhaps she should have had a brother or sister for Tina , though being well into her forties by then and having waited twelve years for Tina to come along made that impossible . |
| 4 | Perhaps we should have written a chapter explaining our reactions to critics such as Brian Doyle or to books such as Terry Eagleton 's Criticism and Ideology ( 1976 ) , but I doubt whether the Working Group would have easily reached agreement . |
| 5 | We scored an away goal and then two at home , and I feel perhaps we should have done a bit better . ’ |
| 6 | There I should have welcomed a faster tempo both for the waltz of the first half , and for the galop of the second , both of them evoking the atmosphere of the fairground as a tenth birthday tribute to the Fairfield Hall in Croydon . |
| 7 | ‘ Then you should have packed a smaller one — as you were told to do ! ’ |
| 8 | Even then you should have caught a glimpse of Nigel in orbit as he roared to victory in the British Grand Prix … |
| 9 | ‘ We created a host of chances and got one goal against Peterborough , when maybe we should have had a hatful . |
| 10 | ‘ We created a host of chances and got one goal when maybe we should have had a hatful . |