Example sentences of "should [adv] have [vb pp] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I do not propose to discuss that question , or , perhaps , I should not have finished this week . |
| 3 | I doubt whether I should ever have experienced such wealth and depth of love , from and for so many , had I not followed … my vocation . ’ |
| 4 | She should n't have felt this sense of grief , should n't have felt betrayed , but she did . |
| 5 | One person may feel guilty because ‘ I should n't have eaten that chocolate bar ’ while the next is suffering pangs because of some pain caused to another person . |
| 6 | ‘ I should n't have washed this skirt , ’ she said . |
| 7 | I expect it 's indigestion — I should n't have had that bread and cheese so late . ’ |
| 8 | No , no I ca n't I just ca n't eat so I 'm not forcing myself to eat , what I 'm trying to do is only to eat the right things and I must start vitamin supplements I think I 've got the age when I probably need that , I mean , this cold is a warning to me that my immune system is not as strong as it ought to be , I should n't have had another cold so soon after getting rid of one ! |
| 9 | I should n't have laid that carpet last night . |
| 10 | See , he said , I told you you should n't have come this way . |
| 11 | Like , I should n't have bought that book so I spent nearly , I could spend ten quid a week easily . |
| 12 | Anna supposed that she should then have had another baby , to keep Flora company , but had found that she felt as unlike having another baby as she had once felt like it . |
| 13 | I should never have sent that valentine — forgive me — it was a thoughtless thing to do . ’ |
| 14 | It should never have reached that stage where competitors got there under such circumstances . |
| 15 | It should never have reached this stage . |
| 16 | ‘ I should never have had that brat . |
| 17 | Yeah well he should n't have he should never have left that engine running cos he was n't |
| 18 | In this instance there 's nothing er and er justice Bingham er did say specifically that he was n't pursuing er the matter of er audit , it was n't his responsibility er the government should certainly have repaired that omission by pursuing it themselves , by inquiring er into er what went wrong . |