Example sentences of "[vb mod] not have [vb pp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In each case their representative raised the question of the lack of medical evidence , and said the authorities should not have rushed to take children into care on the basis of unchecked statements from other children . |
| 2 | The group claimed that AY should have discovered the alleged fraud and should not have given Alkar the clean bill of health it received in its 1987 accounts . |
| 3 | In the light of what we in our omniscience now know of Falkenhayn 's intentions , and of the hideous tragedy that was to ensue at Verdun , we may say that France should not have decided to hold the city at all costs . |
| 4 | But if he suffers to this extent by comparison with Barth , he towers over most other theologians of his generation ; and it is more than a little sad that two men so gifted and with so much in common should not have managed to remain closer to each other . |
| 5 | ‘ Had I been in a civilian occupation , ’ he wrote , ‘ I should not have hesitated to pay the full amount . ’ |
| 6 | With the wisdom of hindsight it is easy to say that they should not have tried to raid there in the first place , but success had bred a certain arrogance . |
| 7 | But the report says he should not have tried to land there in such bad conditions . |
| 8 | But the report says he should not have tried to land there in such bad conditions . |
| 9 | Of course Jed should not have tried to come between us ; it was a counter-revolutionary act on his part , Trotskyite even , when you think about it , but in that act was Praxis , the moment when theory becomes practice , and you should not have interfered . ’ |
| 10 | He should not have needed to ask . |
| 11 | Rosenthal , who had only been on the field 15 minutes , made Barlow pay in full for his wastefulness yet Liverpool should not have had to wait so long to get their noses in front . |
| 12 | She did not then wish us to meet and I am glad that she did not — for us in Greece it was a painful time because of Cyprus , and I should not have wished to keep this from her , or to be speaking of it . |
| 13 | We should not have expected to see them there if we went again . |
| 14 | I should not have expected to obtain such a reaction if more than twelve years had elapsed since death . ’ |
| 15 | The song caught me — I should n't have stayed to watch it . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she smiled ruefully , ‘ I should n't have tried to fool you . ’ |
| 17 | You should n't have tried to conceal the truth from me . |
| 18 | You should n't have bothered to come and meet me as well . ’ |
| 19 | The non-assertive character of the first three is quite obvious : the conditional clause leaves the actualization of dare up in the air in ( 31 ) ; ( 32 ) implies " she did n't dare ignore him any more than that " ; ( 33 ) is a sort of indignant rhetorical question implying that he should n't have dared take the native 's part against her . |
| 20 | ‘ We should n't have took umbrage this morning , only — what with the people down here being so stand-offish , like , we got sort of sensitive about sausages . |
| 21 | Malone said afterwards : ‘ I should n't have got involved . |
| 22 | But Gabriel , I should n't have come to visit you ! |
| 23 | ‘ Should n't have come barging in here . |
| 24 | By then , however , Villa should n't have needed to worry , or breathe a sigh of relief in the final minute when goalkeeper Nigel Spink pulled off a fine save from Wright . |
| 25 | In accordance with the main theme of this book the accounts given here are drawn from the school sector ( primary and secondary ) and concentrate on activities that were conducted at the level of the whole institution ( although , in practice , the whole of the school may not have become involved ) . |
| 26 | Erm , if you may not have had to do this , you may have to in the future . |
| 27 | It makes no difference that the parent may not have wished to go ( during the war ) or may not have had a choice ( death ) . |
| 28 | In the summer of 1297 , the earl of Arundel may not have wished to accompany his king , Edward I , on an expedition to Flanders . |
| 29 | Snobbery may provide one answer : in his supposed solidarity with his own kind , he may not have wished to suggest that a tenant farmer could prove more generous of spirit than the laird . |
| 30 | If he had told Mrs Wilson this and even if she had believed him , she may not have wished to help him . |