Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [be] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was held that there was a clear infringement of the Compaq trade mark , although it was accepted that it was arguable whether it should have been accepted for registration because of its phonetic similarity with " Compact " , an everyday word . |
| 2 | And topped up again to pay for the repair of the flat roof over the kitchen , and the man who had done the work should have been prosecuted for fraud . |
| 3 | By rights , as Dorothy Hardisty pointed out , these young people should have been destined for college or university . |
| 4 | He should have been done for murder . |
| 5 | Edward Nundy , 55 , of Southend , Essex , was allegedly seen at his boat when he should have been working for Car Buyer magazine . |
| 6 | ‘ He should have been banned for life for the disgraceful tackle that effectively ended the career of Gary Stevens at Spurs . |
| 7 | The RSPCA says it was an act of mindless cruelty , he should have been banned for life . |
| 8 | He should have been banned for life . |
| 9 | And what 's impressive is they 're doing research that we should have been doing for years ! |
| 10 | Her parents say the man who did it should have been gaoled for life . |
| 11 | As a source of information , the return collates much that should have been delivered for registration when the relevant transactions occurred , so that a searcher may find it unnecessary to search back beyond the latest annual return on the file . |
| 12 | Could n't see why Speed was substituted but he was n't playing well ( see previous matches ) ; the West ham ground is looking quite impressive with the building of the new Bobby Moore stand ; and Beaney should have been booked for time-wasting ( blatant ) but the ref let him off . |
| 13 | He must have been looking for bathroom . |
| 14 | Master Thomas said they must have been looking for people , not things , and thought you should be warned , so … ’ |
| 15 | If it was n't exactly political pessimism of the order of ‘ mourir pour Danzig ’ it must have been alarming for Americans to hear from High Commissioner Pignon 's diplomatic adviser of the feeling that French interests were not important enough to die for because the country was being given over to the Vietnamese and when the war was over French influence would have disappeared . |
| 16 | ‘ He must have been driving for hours . ’ |
| 17 | North , carefully distracting Livingstone from the thought that hostages might have been ransomed for arms , gave him the Whole Picture . |
| 18 | His stillness made them hesitate ; he might have been watching for fish but the stream was hardly large enough for trout , only minnows or sticklebacks Libby pressed close to George , they stayed on the path watching . |
| 19 | You might have been driving for years by going over the top of the wheel as a lot of lorry drivers do . |
| 20 | But as we walked further the noise we had heard , which at first might have been taken for wind and rain , began to break up into shouts , cries , calls , over a ground-bass which I can only call a sigh : a deep sigh , repeated over and over , as if the wide world itself were sighing . |
| 21 | If not twins , they might have been taken for brother and sister . |
| 22 | Without his influence , the vast energy expended on Wissenschaft over the centuries might have been used for purposes of individual or national aggrandizement . |
| 23 | It is interesting to think that had they snatched — or preferably caught cleanly — that victory , the pattern of English Test cricket might have been changed for years ahead , for , as the other four matches were all drawn , a victorious first series might have given Botham 's captaincy the shove it needed to get airborne . |
| 24 | He could have been paralysed for life … by a toy which been hired to give him a good time . |
| 25 | It could have been leaking for months . |
| 26 | AS the Prince and Princess of Wales sat only a few feet apart in Seoul 's Presidential palace yesterday they could have been mistaken for strangers uncomfortably thrown together . |
| 27 | Something similar could have been said for Davout . |
| 28 | It has no cellars in which material could have been stored for safety , and it is not known how much had been removed elsewhere . |
| 29 | If Lancaster , with its castle and harbour , could have been garrisoned for James it could have provided a connecting link with France , but Forster could not spare the men and had to press on south , through wretched weather and along increasingly miry roads . |
| 30 | Paradoxically , more could have been achieved for crofting in Lewis , on a permanent basis , by a regional policy for fisheries than by all the money being spent on agriculture through the IDP . |