Example sentences of "[pers pn] should have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I SHOULD have worn a hat . |
| 2 | Perhaps I should have formed a better plan ; perhaps I should have made instead for the Villa Diodati , to see if I could secure any friends and allies there . |
| 3 | ‘ I should have sent a telegram . |
| 4 | After the night Quigley had kicked my head in , I had finally seen something I should have seen a long time ago . |
| 5 | But now I have , and I see what I should have seen a long time ago , the selfish , arrogant , unscrupulous fixer who has been quietly feathering his nest in London for the past ten years at our expense after turning his back on us as though we were n't good enough for him , who could n't even be bothered to come home during this ordeal but just flew over on a weekend return when the mood took him , when he had nothing better to do , like the tourist he is ! |
| 6 | I know you do n't much like them , that I should have asked a couple of the hospital people as well as people who share my interests — ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I should have kept a short rope on you and then you would never have escaped me . ’ |
| 8 | playing with it and stuff like , I think I should have gone a while ago , actually , |
| 9 | Though I should have discovered a tolerable way , ’ she said , with force and finality . |
| 10 | I should have made a list . |
| 11 | I should have made a point of following up his sickness , thought Cadfael , touched , but I thought he , of all people , would make good sure he got all the treatment he needed . |
| 12 | There I should have welcomed a faster tempo both for the waltz of the first half , and for the galop of the second , both of them evoking the atmosphere of the fairground as a tenth birthday tribute to the Fairfield Hall in Croydon . |
| 13 | I admit I should have left a message , but I assumed I would be seeing you shortly , and — hell , I never expected you to mind . |
| 14 | Not many other people take it , either , but we could all read in our own newspapers that it was supporting Labour , and I should have thought a normal reaction among honest Britons , who have grown to mistrust businessmen in the age of takeovers , would be to do the opposite . |
| 15 | ‘ I should have thought a few minutes . |
| 16 | I should have thought a little evidence of human frailty would merely enhance your reputation — and the association would do mine a power of good ! ’ |
| 17 | There were times , subsequently , when I felt I should have hired a second vet to check the location and fitting of my own cranium . |
| 18 | Looking back on it now , I should have taken a group of youngsters to grow on and not the adults . |
| 19 | I should have brought a dressing-gown . |
| 20 | I should have had a bet on Seve before the Open . |
| 21 | I should have had a |
| 22 | Perhaps I should have put a bit more water into my late night whisky ? |
| 23 | I should have put a stop to it . ’ |
| 24 | At that time I should have considered a pint of milk and a loaf of bread a day paradise . |
| 25 | You 're always telling me that I should have got a job on the railways . |
| 26 | ‘ Ye should have poured a whole bottle of lysol down it before me . ’ |
| 27 | You should have attended a boat-handling , oxygen admin. and a radio/telephone course/examination . |
| 28 | By week 3 , you should have lost a few pounds — at least four , possibly as many as eight — and you may notice a number of minor health problems have begun to improve . |
| 29 | ‘ Then you should have packed a smaller one — as you were told to do ! ’ |
| 30 | You should have received a copy of this , but in case it has been mislaid , another is attached . |