Example sentences of "it should [not/n't] [vb infin] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dress was tight in the right places , and shiny where it should n't have been . |
| 2 | It should n't have been that easy . |
| 3 | Though what I did notice was a motor bicycle parked where it should n't have been — outside Wheeler 's . |
| 4 | that maybe it should n't have been a we a weeks notice then . |
| 5 | it could n't , it should n't have been left out there . |
| 6 | Not only is AT&T probably paying too much , it should not have been trying to buy the firm in the first place . |
| 7 | It should not have been a surprise that companies sought to use that range of permissible techniques to present their results in the best light . |
| 8 | The IMF 's attempts to help Russia , says Mr Sachs , have been ‘ a disappointing performance of a task that it should not have been given . ’ |
| 9 | It should not have been privatised . ’ |
| 10 | The Government should have made a statement on the way in which the police national computer operates ; it should not have been necessary for me or the National Council for Civil Liberties to prise information from them . |
| 11 | It should not have been allowed . |
| 12 | It should not have been allowed to happen . |