Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] should have [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You mean I should have guessed he 'd come prepared to blackmail us ? ’ she enquired with mock sweetness .
2 ‘ Oh , I know I should have trusted you — had faith in you — and not listened to other people .
3 I know I should have told you but … ’ he trailed off with a shrug and stared dejectedly at his feet .
4 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 .
5 Let's hope he or she cares about you enough to say , ‘ You know you should have called me earlier-you must have been holding this in for days ! ’
6 Over the two matches we were every bit as good as Liverpool and , if we 're honest , we know we should have beaten them on both occasions .
7 ‘ I suppose I should have given you the choice before I took matters into my own hands . ’
8 I suppose I should have known something like this would happen . ’
9 Its been quite a day one way and another , but after the performance at Estoril I suppose I should have expected it . ’
10 But now I feel I should have sprung it on him more or less suddenly .
11 I guess we should have seen it coming .
12 If she had n't approached me first I doubt I should have recognised her , she was so different from the plump , fresh-faced girl whom I had met on the train that January morning more than three years ago .
13 I 've told him you think I should have called my son — what is it ? ’
14 I think you should have done it the other way .
15 ‘ I still think you should have told me ! ’ she suddenly flared .
16 I mean I th I think we should have bought someone along with er Gabbiadini to play with him .
17 Everyone calls the 1970 Open the one Doug Sanders threw away , but I think we should have won it .
18 The only Excuse me , er no , we even had Abbot , A double B , er did n't always get in front but I think it should have done you know , you take the first letter and then you take the .
19 Now I realize I should have told her , should have explained , talked it out with her , but it 's easy to be clever afterwards .
20 See he should have put it straight back in there when he come in .
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