Example sentences of "we should [vb infin] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Enclosure made things more difficult , or perhaps we should say necessitated new and exciting skills , but at least there were no close ranks of trees to make the fences impossible .
2 Fernando , we are being very sensible and talking about this as we should have done last year . ’
3 In a way it was more exciting than the act itself , and I was so physically enraptured that I said : " We should have done this before . "
4 Well let's think for just a moment , you know , we 've been talking over these last three or four weeks about faith and that , erm , let's just think , perhaps and we should have done this sooner , but I du n no , it it fits in th this morning , er perhaps just what , what faith is .
5 Within five years we should have made substantial progress towards a Herbarium database , integrated with BG-BASE software , and with software for Herbarium loans and labels .
6 By then we should have completed any changes to the constitution and bye-laws , have decided on the long term future of our examination system and have strengthened our financial position so that we can meet the costs involved .
7 ‘ I always said we should have gone straight back .
8 We should have gone metric years ago . ’
9 We should have sent some people to the airport , ’ she muttered .
10 I really think by now , Earth Summit or no Earth Summit , that we should have received some acknowledgment from DGXI .
11 We should have noticed that spiky nose anywhere . ’
12 Surely , we should have taken that into account .
13 We should have taken some heed from the birch trees halfway up the track which were bending double in the gale , and from the fact that five minutes after leaving the car , we were wetter than the Scottish Sub-Aqua team .
14 I sensed him thinking that we should have had half a dozen in the boat by now .
15 We should have had seven or eight but I think my lads ' New Year resolution is to turn my hair completely grey — we simply must find some consistency . ’
16 Because on the basis of the economic models and the way which we look at determinants of demand in economics , this should n't have happened , we should have had the reverse , we should have had fewer holidays being taken and certainly fewer overseas holidays .
17 It may well be the case that we should have had more staff but I willingly accept that the tenfold increase in the number arriving has overwhelmed our resources .
18 Well , they erm seem to think we should have had some yellow in it for some obscure reason to match the programme , but I do n't know , I thing it would have taken the erm the look off the thing .
19 We bought one ( a mistake , we should have got two ) to supplement an old ladle-handle type of thing dug out from my past , and a hammer and a few pegs to be on the safe side .
20 " By April 15 , we should have resolved all these issues : the date for elections , the establishment of a single army , the approval of laws . "
21 We should have looked first ! ’ he declared abjectly when all they could see of the scene below and beyond was of rooftops and forest shrouded in mist and rain .
22 On this occasion there were objections that we should have included more names .
23 ‘ We defended badly and threw away a game we should have won 3–0 , ’ he said angrily .
24 He commented : ‘ We were very honoured to be nominated in three categories of the ITV Awards for Marketing , and delighted that we should have won two .
25 Back , outstanding throughout , said : ‘ We should have won this with room to spare .
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