Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] should have " 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 | ‘ You mean I should have offered Dunedin also to Earl Siward ? |
| 3 | They say I should 've been a member of Leith branch . |
| 4 | ‘ They say you should have gone to the very top in the army after the war but you were stopped . |
| 5 | Trust me when I say you should have nothing to do with such drivel — make like a tree and leave it . |
| 6 | No you do n't normally have , some people say you should have slip-ons |
| 7 | ‘ I still say we should have called the police . ’ |
| 8 | Several needed help from lifeboat crews , who say they should have been involved in the safety planning of the event , and man found clinging to the moorings at the Woodside landing stage and was taken to hospital . |
| 9 | The famous " Big Mac " has only a fraction of the vitamin B content it should have . |
| 10 | In the days before radio the shelter was a link with other drivers and todays cabbies say it should have been kept for them . |
| 11 | Cheltenham finished second — and many in the town say it should have won . |
| 12 | If the transformer is suitable for operation on the 240 volt UK mains supply it should have terminals marked ‘ OV ’ and ‘ 240V ’ , and these are the two terminals to which the mains input should be connected . |
| 13 | They say he should have waited around like a good boy , taken a few duff , even Duff fights , and he would have been rewarded in due course by boxing 's power brokers . |
| 14 | And so the mutual help and support which should have typified Christian brothers became a stick which the Western church used in the coming crusade to beat Orthodox and infidel alike . |
| 15 | He passed on his concern in a letter to Prince , who , as the ever-nervous and expectant recipient , was clearly in a state of anguish about it : ‘ I regret you should have determined upon embarking any portion of your Property in V.D.L. because from the ignorance of the parties whose names you mention , I fear least they should turn out Sharks and it would be a source of deep mortification to me were you by these means to lose any portion of the advantages you have obtained by years of anxiety and deep mental study . ’ |
| 16 | I mean you should have all your friends and neighbours in and have a party ! |
| 17 | The exhibition stand itself should have a number of elements . |
| 18 | Yes we support the principle , but the question about whether or not it should be in Ryedale district has not been erm answered by our members , and indeed it it we consider it should have wait , I mean this is answering something that 'll be discussed at later within this issue , something that should not be er assessed until after the er |
| 19 | ‘ I know I should have been stronger , Lachlan . |
| 20 | ‘ I know I should have raised the alarm then and there . |
| 21 | With hindsight , I know I should have seen the warning signals in the man himself , which I missed through inexperience , but the result was that a cloud of depression , a sense of failure , settled over me , and also over the whole team . |
| 22 | I know I should have been . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm sorry , Emily , I know I should have been there to help Uncle Thomas with his business long ago . ’ |
| 24 | I know I should have told you but … ’ he trailed off with a shrug and stared dejectedly at his feet . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I know I should have phoned |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , I know I should have trusted you — had faith in you — and not listened to other people . |
| 28 | ‘ I know I should have come before now , but I 've been very busy , ’ said David , with a sidelong glance at Juliet . |
| 29 | Erm .. you know you should 've nipped that in the bud straight away rather than saying yeah we 'll put it in the post , we can do that , you should 've just said you know well I 'll bring it all along and gone from there . |
| 30 | You know you should 've perhaps questioned him , you know what 's his minimum what , you know , what could he how , how important is his future . |