Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] been [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I pull up at the back of the hotel Mr Shah is waiting with a folder full ; his expression , although friendly , contains around his mouth a little reproach that I should have been away from the action for so long . |
| 2 | This target should have been well within the reach of Horden , seeking their first win . |
| 3 | It was twenty to eleven when you said goodbye to Hatton and Pertwee and even walking none too fast you should have been indoors at home by eleven . |
| 4 | Irate boss to late arrival at Lloyd 's : ‘ You should have been here at nine o'clock . ’ |
| 5 | IRATE boss to late arrival at Lloyd 's : ‘ You should have been here at nine o'clock . ’ |
| 6 | You should have been here with me tonight . ’ |
| 7 | I should have been here for you a long time ago . |
| 8 | All the time yes , apart from say about six weeks , used to come in in the winter to repair the do maintenance on the dredger and then the old harbourmaster would say right , we should have been here for six weeks , he come after a month , he 'd say , paint the cover the rust up he said and bugger off out again . |
| 9 | Iago had brought him , and Iago should have been here within two more days to take him away , somewhat recovered now and strong enough to continue his flight into Wales . |
| 10 | ‘ He should have been here by now , ’ she announced . |
| 11 | Even if there had been three fatal accidents on the Piccadilly line in from Heathrow plus two mechanical failures beyond London Transport 's control , he should have been here by now . |
| 12 | Herluin saw him , and uttered a wordless cry , rather of vexation than surprise or alarm , for by this time the steward should have been home in Ramsey , all his booty safely delivered . |
| 13 | She knew that her husband would take no risks and yet he should have been home by now . |
| 14 | The knowledge that someone , somewhere in Government circles , had known that what he 'd seen and experienced had really happened , should have been enough in itself to send Jimmy into a righteous rage . |
| 15 | No Dawn you should have been there with Shaun , Shaun match her . |
| 16 | Once I got in well hungover at four in the afternoon when I should have been there at 11 . |
| 17 | The first thing that strikes me is that my aunt — an almost complete stranger as far as I was concerned — should have been there at all , within the family circle where no friend or neighbour was allowed , and thus in a privileged position to make personal remarks of the type which would not have been tolerated from any other quarter . |
| 18 | This was like quarter to twelve , he should have been there at eleven o'clock . |
| 19 | It should have been there by now and its non-appearance is a real wind-up . |
| 20 | She should have been there by then . |
| 21 | They should have been safely under lock and key . |
| 22 | He had n't counted on the opposition of Hugh de Tracy 's priestly brother , who should have been safely at home in his monastery , where he could n't cause any trouble . |
| 23 | one which must have been probably about so thick |
| 24 | ‘ It must have been between half-past seven and eight . ’ |
| 25 | My sister-in-law answered , so quickly that she must have been right beside the telephone . |
| 26 | He was exaggerating , of course , but all the same , she must have been away for longer than she had intended . |
| 27 | She and Tom must have been here for quite a long time , then . |
| 28 | Its success must have been largely through her efforts if it is true that Frederick was often away from home . |
| 29 | The invitation must have been largely in terms of a general specification involving basic designs and performance , for the prices varied greatly , depending on the type of hauling gear and the amount of sophistication of the secondary equipment . |
| 30 | And erm I think I was in the middle somewhere , I was n't er brilliant but I must have been somewhere in the middle I suppose . |