Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] be in " in BNC.
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| 31 | So how did I come to be in the car in the middle of the night when I should have been in bed sound asleep ? |
| 32 | Here , the failure to consult was material because if the community health council had been consulted when it should have been in May , 1992 , it might have helped to ensure that the commitment to transfer the unit to the new hospital remained until a satisfactory new home for the unit could be found . |
| 33 | I should have been in Ken Hurren 's office and now be back in my own , absorbed once again in assessing the department 's performance , noting perhaps the promptness with which I myself had channelled work to the appropriate division . |
| 34 | But the neighbours want the hole moved to where it should have been in the first place . |
| 35 | They picked up scores of children who should have been in class , and found that many stay away from school with their parents ' knowledge and consent . |
| 36 | ‘ And we are still looking for the child who should have been in the premises , but was n't . |
| 37 | when this place come it should have been in my name were n't it , because he never done nothing for it |
| 38 | , take some photographs of car parks , should of been there weeks ago and she and you have to be ready for , she should have been in this week how he 's going to get them to do that , there 's a train , there 's a er few hours service or what , it 's gon na cost a bomb And he 'll probably end up paying for it cos he I do n't know whether he 's doing it or not , it 's what he should of been doing . |
| 39 | and she put on the back of this one she was thankful that at least I 'd managed this time to get the mark in the area where it should have been in the first |
| 40 | Now , we hear time and time again of the one million capital that was spent and yes and I do hope that the provisions that will now be made through a combined budget which Mr seems to think is half a million but I can assure you it is not half a million however , I do I can further reassure him that by the time the Highfields er and Moat management committee have gone through with this it will be half a million , there will be a proper budget provision as it should have been in the last five to six years . |
| 41 | Their home was in London and Fanshawe must have been in a hurry . |
| 42 | He must have been in Mrs Wright 's house with Lee much longer than he 'd thought . |
| 43 | That train must have been in ever so early . ’ |
| 44 | Others , however , joined in the exercise : ‘ It must have been in such and such a way ; I mean , there 's a story which says … |
| 45 | Many of the floral designs for this china , whether taken from prints or fresh exotic blooms , were obtained from the nearby Physic Garden and Philip Miller must have been in touch with the factory . |
| 46 | It must have been in the stars . ’ |
| 47 | It 's really difficult for me to measure these sorts of things , but if you stop and look at him , he must have been in pain . |
| 48 | ‘ You must have been in a hurry to come out without your coat ; you 'll feel the chill afore the night 's out . ’ |
| 49 | She must have been in her late thirties then , but to me she seemed timeless . |
| 50 | I think she must have been in a state of shock . |
| 51 | When they finally moved out their successors found the floor covered with six layers of linoleum — the bottom ones must have been in position for many a long year ! |
| 52 | I was also warned to stay away from the tennis court if anyone was playing , but on one Saturday , a party was in progress and Miss Betty Farr , who must have been in her early twenties , spotted me trying not to be seen , called me over and plied me with cakes and lemonade . |
| 53 | This being must have been in some way necessary to humanity , it is inconceivable that this is not so , for surely there would have been evidence of at least one enduring civilisation that had neither ‘ god ’ nor temple . |
| 54 | Carpenter 's speed and control was even causing problems for Harris , himself no slouch , and Farnham 's hearts must have been in their mouths when the Cranleigh number 10 , having broken clear on the right , hit the deck after a late challenge by Cann who had raced out of his area . |
| 55 | He saw a vast patch of blood and guessed that the ship must have been in one of the many petty skirmishes which took place at sea , for ships of various nations , Norway , Denmark , England , Scotland and France used these waters for fishing , trade and piracy . |
| 56 | ‘ I can not recall the dates but it must have been in the very late twenties if I was still at school , because I left just as soon as I could when I made up fourteen . |
| 57 | ‘ You must have been in a bad way . |
| 58 | Quite a little cracker in her day , she must have been in her late thirties now . |
| 59 | Yet again , if slightly more hardcore fans have n't already got ‘ Injected With A Poison ’ ( mix credited to Digital Orgasm , daft since they made the record in the first place ) or Sonz Of A Loop Da Loop Era , then they must have been in a coma for months . |
| 60 | By the middle of 1802 , as the family house and shop passed into other hands , Ben was left alone with only sisters for company ; Elizabeth , the eldest , had very recently married , and little brother must have been in imminent danger of succumbing to the petticoat government of Mary and Sarah . |