Example sentences of "[noun sg] should [verb] be [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her last purchase should have been bread — she picked a flat circular loaf rather than a baguette — but she succumbed to temptation and bought one of the plastic containers of the local vin ordinaire , amazingly cheap and good for its price , and several bottles of water too . |
| 2 | Penny McAllister 's parents welcomed the decision but insisted the verdict should have been murder and the sentence life . |
| 3 | Pushing the wheelbarrow should have been child 's play , but I still could not get the hang of it . |
| 4 | The correct reference should have been reference 3 . |
| 5 | The very idea of working from home should have been anathema to me . |
| 6 | In theory the task should have been simplicity itself . |