Example sentences of "[pron] should [vb infin] [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I 'm sorry you ca n't come with me to the village feast ; I should have been delighted to take you — but then the geese might come to harm . |
| 2 | A pity : I should have been delighted if the two writers , Johnson and Thomson , could achieve a time-machine meeting over the vandalising of Elgin Cathedral . |
| 3 | You think I should have been living life to the full , then , and not mourning your brother ? ’ |
| 4 | " I should have been honest with that child this morning . " |
| 5 | I should have been pleased , I should have been flattered , and indeed I was . |
| 6 | I suppose I should have been suspicious then , realised something was n't right . ’ |
| 7 | She had a huge holdall with her — I should have been suspicious , but I was n't , I was too wrapped up in my own problems . |
| 8 | If I could have seen a respectable way to dismiss this appeal I should have been happy to do so . |
| 9 | Were we so I should have been happy to kill you for speaking so of my daughter . |
| 10 | If Pine v. Collacott itself had originally been under challenge in your Lordships ' House on the ground that in an obligatory section 7(4) case the simple requirement that the driver provide a specimen of blood without reference to the possible alternative of urine was insufficient , I should have been inclined to reject that challenge . |
| 11 | I should have been able to say , Fuck you , I 'll go my own way : as you did , as Sergei did . |
| 12 | By four o'clock , I knew from the morning 's reckoning that I should have been able to see the Land Rover . |
| 13 | I always felt I should have been able to protect my mother better but I could n't . |
| 14 | I should have been able to give him something to hope for , " he thought with a sigh , as he descended the half dozen stairs and went to kneel beside Miriam on the stone flags . |
| 15 | Although I remember him stepping out of them and the sight of his white pants , I felt it was not seemly to observe too closely : otherwise I should have been able to verify the assertion that his underclothes were American but the rest very English . |
| 16 | There is something very impressive of state and royalty in the march of these sixty or more elephants ; and if I had not regarded this display of magnificence with a sort of philosophical indifference , I should have been apt to be carried away by such flights of imagination as inspire most Indian poets . |
| 17 | Perhaps I should have been frank with her , admitted honestly that I did n't love her and that if she insisted on marrying me she would be condemning both of us to a joyless union . |
| 18 | The growth of the comprehensives brought with it a significant expansion in the curriculum content of secondary schooling , which should have been helpful to girls , except that in many schools expansion meant typing or shorthand or child-care for girls , and quite different subjects for boys . |
| 19 | The pursuers then concluded a contract for the purchase of the house but subsequently raised an action of damages against the defenders , based on negligence , in which they averred that there were many patent defects in the house which should have been apparent to surveyors of ordinary competence exercising reasonable care . |
| 20 | The questions involved did not relate to the guilt or innocence of the defendants but whether they had been wrongfully deprived of material which should have been available to them in preparing for the trial and for use at the trial if relevant . |
| 21 | ‘ December , which should have been awful , was almost hectic in some places , ’ Hill says . |
| 22 | The 3M machine produced a uniform pink glow on the screen , in areas which should have been white . |
| 23 | When I had a close look at it , I saw that the inside of its mouth , which should have been pink , was very pale and frothing . |
| 24 | A different approach diverts our attention away from the relation between the proposition claimed as knowledge and other false beliefs which should have been true or other truths which should have been believed . |
| 25 | It was , he said , ‘ the most complex foreign policy I have ever beheld ’ ; and if the impossible quickly went embarrassingly wrong , nobody should have been surprised . |
| 26 | Among those closest who should have been frightened was Annie , his girl for a while . |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps you should have been present to hear him speak . |
| 28 | What a delightful reflection for you and your dear wife that you should have been instrumental in contributing to the loveliness of the celestial kingdom , and that your beloved infant should be an additional star in diadem of Jesus ! |
| 29 | If you can answer all those questions , with a fair degree of confidence , about your product , you should have been able to decide what your brand 's strengths and weaknesses in the marketplace are . |
| 30 | Preferably , you should have been able to read the text over before the lecture . |