Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] been here [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Irate boss to late arrival at Lloyd 's : ‘ You should have been here at nine o'clock . ’
2 IRATE boss to late arrival at Lloyd 's : ‘ You should have been here at nine o'clock . ’
3 You should have been here with me tonight . ’
4 I should have been here for you a long time ago .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 ‘ He should have been here by now , ’ she announced .
8 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 .
9 She and Tom must have been here for quite a long time , then .
10 She could have been here with Gran . ’
11 She wished he could have been here for Christmas .
12 If she had n't been with him she 'd have been here before now .
13 ‘ Parts of the old Norman church still remain , ’ Esme explains , ‘ so would have been here in Cadfael 's day The church features in Sanctuary Sparrow and again in Eye Witness , where the blind old Welshman , Rhodri Fychan , begs by the west door .
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