Example sentences of "[vb mod] not have [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If oil-drillers can exploit organic molecules to manipulate the flow and drillability of mud , there is no reason why cumulative selection should not have led to the same kind of exploitation by self-replicating minerals . |
| 2 | She said nothing she should not have done under interrogation . |
| 3 | He took a holiday he should not have done during the Gulf War crisis when this country was facing its greatest possible crisis . |
| 4 | No doubt the now dispossessed Kurds and the Shiites have been surprised to learn that they did something they should not have done in the interests of geopolitical reality . |
| 5 | Feherty took 40 for the same stretch then declared ‘ I have only just got over influenza and I should not have travelled to Portugal . |
| 6 | She should not have gone to that party . |
| 7 | Councillor Buchanan , therefore , is confused in imagining that the board is a committee of the council , on which he bases his argument that I should not have remained in office . |
| 8 | He should not have lost with such a lead . |
| 9 | It remains a mystery to me why we should have had to wait as long as this for a recital disc , and why it should not have appeared on one of the major companies ' labels ( all credit to Delos ) . |
| 10 | Perhaps the argumentative Balbindor had been correct in saying I should not have drunk from the waterfall springing from the Other Side . |
| 11 | But he should not have played since 1 October , when temporary clearance from the English Basket Ball Association expired . |
| 12 | A sick Gooch should not have played in Calcutta with a debilitating virus which developed into a chest infection . |
| 13 | No , I should not have moved into the second Person . |
| 14 | If I had held that the disturbance to residents in those roads was otherwise actionable in nuisance , I should not have acceded to those submissions . |
| 15 | Dannell throws doubt on the import of these wares into Britain prior to AD 43 , but with trans-continental trade already well established in pre-conquest times , it seems unlikely that fine pottery should not have come to Britain . |
| 16 | ‘ We should not have come at all . ’ |
| 17 | She should not have come on this picnic . |
| 18 | So maybe the lack of interest in Latin American art this week should not have come as a shock . |
| 19 | Yet his father 's death should not have come as a surprise . |
| 20 | If the directors do state their reasons the court will investigate them to the extent of seeing whether they have acted on the right principles and will overrule their decision if they have acted on considerations which should not have weighed with them , but not merely because the court would have come to a different conclusion . |
| 21 | ‘ We knew the administration was going to review things , but they should not have started with Adam and Eve , ’ Mr Bangemann said . |
| 22 | If the hon. Gentleman 's attitude had been noted and acted on , we should not have got on the treadmill of nuclear arms escalation for the following 10 years . |
| 23 | Law Report : Jury should not have known of co-defendant 's guilty plea : Regina v Mattison — Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) ( Lord Justice Mustill , Mr Justice Nolan and Mr Justice Saville ) , 5 October 1989 |
| 24 | Such words between cousins should not have had to be spoken . |
| 25 | Foreplay , for instance , can rightly be defined as an activity intended to culminate in sexual intercourse , which means an engaged couple should not have entered into this yet . |
| 26 | Or perhaps even that he and I together , in as filthy moods as we were , must n't have looked like the sort of people even a policeman should risk messing with . |
| 27 | ‘ With hindsight , perhaps we should n't have gone into a peripheral business , ’ he concedes . |
| 28 | I know I should n't have gone near the sea , but I did it as a protest . |
| 29 | ‘ He should n't have played with five men at the back / four in the middle / two up front / three in a boat ’ |
| 30 | Is it a new editorial policy that New Scientist will investigate the number and source of replies to advertisements within its pages and then print snide remarks about why the unsuccessful applicants should n't have applied in the first place ? |