Example sentences of "and [pers pn] should have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I should have realised that you 'd be the one who could only see the thing from one angle , ’ he retorted harshly . |
| 2 | You know nothing of the world in which you have come to live , and I should have warned you about Rose , only I did not know that you were going out with her until after you had gone , and then , of course , it was too late . ’ |
| 3 | And I should have kept it to myself . |
| 4 | Miss Giles said she knew nothing about copyright and admitted : ‘ I could have checked and I should have checked . ’ |
| 5 | Is it likely , they argue , that both the Parsons and I should have decided , quite independently , to visit that particular pub on that particular day at that particular time ? |
| 6 | Whether we ignore the inner planets , or assume they add a tiny contribution to the overall effect , the key dates that come out of the analysis are the same — and I should have made that clear in the article . |
| 7 | I should have knelt beside her and put my arms around her and promised her that she would be freed from the hell of anhedonia , and that there really was a God and that she did have the strength to tear herself free from cocaine , as others had freed themselves , and I should have assured her that there was true happiness without a drug , but I did not know her well enough to embrace her , so I just let her weep as the sun streaked up in glory from the east . |
| 8 | And I should have remembered to dance barefoot through the dew and bow to the rising sun . ’ |
| 9 | I warned you I was n't going to be able to consider you and any doubts , hesitations or scruples you might have this time around , and I should have remembered that . |
| 10 | ‘ But there were three or four incidents off the ball , and I should have known it was me they would try and pin something on . |
| 11 | We arrived here yesterday from Flinders at which place I was especially gratified to [ word not clear ] my acquaintance with the Natives and other things , and I should have left the island with a light heart and proceeded to Kings had [ not ] a fatal accident happened to one of the men who shot himself dead by incautiously pulling the gun from the boat with the muzzle toward his chest , the cock of the gun caught the seat of the boat and all was over with the poor fellow in half a minute . |
| 12 | He did n't answer and I should have walked away then and there . |
| 13 | Looking back , it seems a wonderful enough thing that I who am this , and she who is that , commencing so far away a life that , after such sufferings borne together and apart , ended so tranquilly there in a world so stable — that she and I should have passed through so much , good chance and evil chance , sad hours and joyful , all lived down and swept away into the little heap of dust that is a life . |
| 14 | I only just caught the train , and when , a quarter of an hour later , we pulled in to Lochgair , and I should have got my bag and quit the Sprinter and walked to the house and finally have talked — sober , and not in the context of a game of Alternative Charades — to my father , and apologised , and spent the three hours until the next Glasgow train with my mother and father in some longed-for spirit of reconciliation , I did nothing of the sort . |
| 15 | ‘ Parysatis did it with a chicken and I should have thought of it before . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Pension schemes are vital to many of our constituents , and I should have thought that they would be of equal importance to Conservative Members in Scotland , who may soon have to look to their own pension schemes although the Minister has reassured me that he may have other arrangements . |
| 18 | but that ought to satisfy my Noble Friend and I should have thought , but I agree with him , in in the general point that it is very much more easy when these bills are consolidated and they do end up in one consolidated act . |
| 19 | ‘ He should have done that in the first place , and I should have thought about what I was doing instead of just floating along with whatever he put to me . |
| 20 | More modern hymns and I should have thought , you know , er I would have liked him being a little more up to date |
| 21 | I thought on and I should have brought , long , long . |
| 22 | and I should have started back yesterday like . |
| 23 | And I should have told him , if you 've any complaints , come to the branch meeting and make your complaints there . |
| 24 | I was recently at a film festival and you should have seen the heterosexuals flaunting themselves . ’ |
| 25 | " And you should have seen 'em kill the rats at haymaking time , young Bruce . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd unwittingly bought one by a rival historian and you should have seen the way she turned her nose up at it . |
| 27 | ‘ You know Marc better than I do , and you should have realised he 's not a fool . |
| 28 | ‘ I am the owner of this theatre and you should have sought my permission before you ventured inside , young lady . ’ |
| 29 | JIMMY , I think he should do your job and you should have done his . |
| 30 | Dame Barbara Cartland , 91 JIMMY , I think he should do your job and you should have done his . |