Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [vb pp] [pron] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 You should have phoned us at the Club . ’
2 Dawn Allenby , a masochist if ever there was one , should have prostrated herself at the feet of Desmond Fairchild , a sadist in a trilby hat worn with the brim turned up all the way round like vaudeville comic .
3 ‘ You should have told me at the time ! ’
4 I should have told you at the beginning .
5 Er I should have reminded everybody at the beginning , when you wish when you start to speak , would you please introduce yourself , give your name and who you represent .
6 He must have heard her at the door .
7 You must have seen him at the pictures . ‘
8 Oh it was a nice ball that by , shoots and scores , Notts get a second just moments after they might have conceded one at the other end , the referee unimpressed by the penalty claims but the crowd are there , with a really fine piece of finishing by Gary , nine minutes to half time and adds to the one that got in twenty four , and it 's two nil to Notts County against .
9 — as she might have said herself at the time ) .
10 We might have got her at the ferry . ’
11 But having said that surely Wilkinson could have kept him at the club , for someone who says that players are picked on the performances they produce how can he explain Deane ?
12 Last year and this year they could have upgraded it at a cost much greater than the initial expenditure and much less efficiently .
13 It is too late at the appeal stage to think about getting evidence which could have helped you at the beginning .
14 We 'd have seen her at the window long ago , and got her down . ’
15 Anyway I realized I 'd have missed you at the Club , so I turned round and set off back .
16 Their one hundred and fifty ton heavy life crane would have coped with that job easily enough but I hastily declined his offer which , apart from any other consideration would have placed me at a slight disadvantage .
17 ‘ He would have seen her at the races , ’ I said , smiling .
18 We would have expected them at the beginning , and as we are still at the beginning , they ought to be here .
19 She had at times , almost as if it were a comfort , at least something accustomed , run through the fruitless litany of remorse : I ought not to have tolerated his infidelities , I ought to have stopped it at the start , I have colluded with his depravity , it is all my fault .
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