Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tommy , that again should 've been blue . |
| 2 | It should 've been first thing in morning if that would happen . |
| 3 | That should 've been automatic , ni November ninety three . |
| 4 | Where he found the energy — Anyway , this poor child , only nineteen she was ( he should 've been ashamed of himself and him a man of forty ) — if she 'd only come to me at the start ! |
| 5 | It 's my fault really , cos the window should 've been open . |
| 6 | It must 've been fifteen foot at least up in the air teetering on a top branch . |
| 7 | We moved to Somerset and I saw nothing of Matt for — I do n't know — it must 've been sixteen years I suppose . |
| 8 | Christ , he must 've been good . ’ |
| 9 | now there , there must 've been one reason why you chose Friends Provident . |
| 10 | Must 've been four then was n't it ? |
| 11 | D' you remember I showed you a manuscript — it must 've been some years ago , now — purporting to be by some mariner who remembered an English cargo boat having gone down between us , here at Møn , and Malmo — during the First Schleswig War ? |
| 12 | must 've been frightened , cos he 's never had |
| 13 | ‘ You must 've been surprised when I answered the door . ’ |
| 14 | morning , but it must 've been alright because er he was going off with David , I said you got tablets for him and she said yeah plenty of stuff for him , anyway , he seemed , he looked alright anyhow |
| 15 | ‘ You must 've been crazy ! ’ she told herself . |
| 16 | erm the other view , of course , is that medicine should have become much more scientific and that these almost old wives remedies should have been disgraced and discontinued . |
| 17 | She made it sound as if the two things should have been similar . |
| 18 | It should have been cooler in the hills , but if anything , Lindsey thought drowsily , the heat was becoming even more intense with barely a breeze to relieve it . |
| 19 | It should have been anthemic instead of light and poppy . |
| 20 | But either way we should have been consistent and we apologise for confusing at least one of you . |
| 21 | " I should have been honest with that child this morning . " |
| 22 | The G M B's got a long record of joining forces with others which has proved to be successful , but if we 're gon na be honest , it 's always been recognized that we would be the predominant union and yes Apex members we should have been honest with you at the time of merger , because it 's quite clear you was gon na lose your identity to at least to some extent and we should have been honest about that . |
| 23 | The G M B's got a long record of joining forces with others which has proved to be successful , but if we 're gon na be honest , it 's always been recognized that we would be the predominant union and yes Apex members we should have been honest with you at the time of merger , because it 's quite clear you was gon na lose your identity to at least to some extent and we should have been honest about that . |
| 24 | At that range it was impossible to distinguish details — but the royal standard should have been visible and was not . |
| 25 | It should have been that thing squared and now we then having worked it out that far , |
| 26 | In fact , the four cooking apples should have been five , but our continuing cashflow problems meant I had to disguise one of them as the reserve match ball . |
| 27 | Yet it should have been better for , needing only to hit the 18th green with a sand wedge he went into a bunker , failed to get up and down and ended with a bogey five . |
| 28 | around about it , like whether we liked it or not , whether he was , it was a good thing to have had it , we should have been better not to have had it with the situation at the time , you know , that kind of mulling over might be |
| 29 | However , Moeri says that , with his system , the explosion should have been impossible . |
| 30 | TVR has pulled off what should have been impossible . |