Example sentences of "[noun sg] should [vb infin] [been] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( e ) The charge should have been under s.15 of the Act , obtaining property by deception . |
| 2 | The cry should have been for real money , the only means by which genuine choice can be exercised and discrimination on the basis of age eliminated . |
| 3 | The inner door has a large mosquito net , although I did feel the mesh should have been on the outside of the door flap so you could keep bugs out . |
| 4 | The first pinnacle of his athletic achievement should have been at the Berlin Olympics in 1936 . |
| 5 | It was unanimously agreed by the platform that if Amaranth had carried Salome 's platter as well as the seven veils , Jeffrey Archer 's head should have been on it . |
| 6 | The Liverpool manager should have been with his goal-starved squad when they flew to Cyprus for an important cup match tonight . |
| 7 | I detest the noisy unanimity of Picasso 's heirs , in particular that of Bernard and Paloma Picasso : the former thinks that ‘ the Reina Sofia is a wonderful place for ‘ Guernica' 's last journey , while the latter believes that Guernica' 's last journey should have been to the Prado ’ . |
| 8 | The book should have been in Tollemarche 's only bookstore for several weeks ; however , when Hank casually sauntered in and asked for a copy , old Mr Pascall said it had not arrived . |
| 9 | My point of order is that , if the Government are having a difference with someone as important as a European Commissioner over such a substantial sum of European and public money , and with the charges that the British Treasury is laundering that money , surely a Minister should have been at the Dispatch Box today to make a statement . |
| 10 | The news that Amstrad Plc had a hot new personal communicator product on the way should have been in the market for a couple of weeks now — we reported it on March 1 ( CI No 2,117 ) but these things take time to filter through and it was only on Tuesday that the shares really began to respond , putting on 3.75 pence ; they added another 3.5 pence to 34.75 pence yesterday morning . |
| 11 | Is it possible that bolt in my arm should have been through my heart ? ’ |
| 12 | Given his military background , such a task should have been in the nature of coals to Newcastle , but in the event he was scrutinising his reflection in the mirror above the fireplace . |