Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [vb pp] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rejecting a federalized party , he asserted that the CPSU should remain unified in order to be true to Lenin 's concept of an internationalist party acting as a force to cement the multinational Soviet state . |
| 2 | Highfield came back strongly and should have scored in front of the posts but lost possession their hooker was held up on the line , their only reward was a penalty from their captain Terry Dillon . |
| 3 | Whilst its coverage of public affairs ‘ news ’ was not comparable to the Daily Mirror — the amount of space devoted to such news declined between 1927 and 1937 by 59 square inches or 5% — that decline is one of 19% if one assumes that that content should have expanded in line with the expansion of total editorial space . |
| 4 | Should have gone in hospital last Monday to have me hand done . |
| 5 | United showed more appetite for the game and should have gone in front after nine minutes when Ferguson got on the end of Clark 's free-kick . |
| 6 | Marjorie Roper from Stroud should have appeared in court this morning . |
| 7 | Rex Reed said that Nicholson was ‘ wasted so criminally , that he should have stayed in bed . ’ |
| 8 | You should have stayed in bed . ’ |
| 9 | She should have stayed in beauty therapy , she 's a very gentle and she 's very able . |
| 10 | The relationship between research and higher education is such that someone , somewhere , should have engaged in research ; but that does not mean that research is part of the meaning of higher education . |
| 11 | We have seen that for effective teaching in higher education to take place , someone , somewhere should have engaged in research . |
| 12 | ‘ Had I had any idea what I was coming home to , I should have assured in advance that such a likeness would be instantly available . ’ |
| 13 | Malice in the sense of malevolence , spite or ill will is not essential for liability ; what is required is that the combiners should have acted in order that ( not with the result that , even the foreseeable result ) the plaintiff should suffer damage . |
| 14 | You should have found in question 14 that the answer is which means that the same number of sweets are Present now were at the start . |
| 15 | on appeal upheld that defendant with his handicap should have had in contemplation that he was likely to mis-hit the ball . |
| 16 | She should have got in trouble by her Mum . |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps I should have got in touch first ? ’ |
| 18 | And remember that change is the essence of the short story — by the end , something significant must have altered in character or plot . |
| 19 | He must have stopped in order to relieve himself and , hearing her sobs in the silence of the wood , decided to investigate . |
| 20 | The townsfolk must have gazed in amazement as there came ashore fine silks , spices , calicoes and jewellery such as none had seen before , including some ‘ … other stones of a green colour with spots of red ’ . |
| 21 | Harry looked as derelict in death as he must have done in life . |
| 22 | The ghosts of Chairman Mao and Uncle Joe must have nodded in agreement . |
| 23 | You may provide one of the selection criteria to indicate the status the SPRs must have attained in order to be included in the listing . |
| 24 | You may provide one of the selection criteria to indicate the status the SPRs must have attained in order to be included in the listing . |
| 25 | You may provide one of the selection criteria to indicate the status the SPRs must have attained in order to be included in the listing . |
| 26 | He had argued that the prints were not improperly taken but it was said that his possession must have originated in breach of trust , confidence or contract and , therefore , an injunction was granted preventing the exhibition . |
| 27 | Mozart 's perception and understanding of the female psyche is especially illuminating in this piece and Jane Leslie MacKenzie 's sad and tense characterisation of the Countess was extremely plausible , if lacking in the real sense of fun which the lady must have had in order to be drawn into the intrigues in the first place . |
| 28 | Certainly it is the Pound of the London years , who had profited from Ford Madox Ford 's pronouncements on diction , that Phyllis Bottome must have had in mind when she wrote : |
| 29 | Even extremists of the 1960s , who believed that the task of a school was to ensure that children enjoyed themselves while they were pupils , must have had in mind , as well , some further outcome , some advantage that would flow in the long run to the children who had been encouraged , under that regime , to ‘ grow ’ and ‘ blossom ’ and ‘ flourish ’ in the ‘ learning situation ’ provided by the class-room . |
| 30 | With regard to the gradients , Leathart must have had in mind the steep section of the Deep Level . |