Example sentences of "[modal v] have [vb pp] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are entitled to these benefits , they should have received them in the past , and they should have received them by law . |
| 2 | He should have placed himself in the middle between Laura and Maggie he thought . |
| 3 | You should have seen me in the dock , man . |
| 4 | Yes , they will go , but the government should do two things , and it should have done them in the White Paper announcement ; it should have said ‘ we are proposing to get rid of all advantages for company cars in tax terms and we are proposing to make sure that people pay by paying more road tax or more petrol costs if they have high gas-guzzling cars ’ . |
| 5 | When we settled down we played some tremendous football and maybe should have sneaked it in the end . |
| 6 | It is ironic that reforms intended to increase efficiency by introducing market disciplines should have undermined them in the one sector in which they already existed . |
| 7 | ‘ I saw you struggling with it ; you should have left it in the Range Rover — I would have lifted it out for you . ’ |
| 8 | Rich , the fact is , he should have put it in the |
| 9 | No Should have had one in the bedroom last night with next door upstairs . |
| 10 | GUIL : But if he gave it to me there 's no reason why you should have had it in the first place , in which case I do n't see what all the fuss is about you not having it . |
| 11 | By then , the techniques of study should have soaked you in the subjects you are studying . |
| 12 | McCarrick put them ahead in the eighth minute and they should have settled it in the 67th when Muir had a penalty saved , but Rimmer made no mistake from the spot to level the scores in the 83rd minute . |
| 13 | Should have taken it in the second half , but they could n't find the net . |
| 14 | That fat Cockney with his stupid tattoos and his jocular manner and his dirty jokes ; he should have dumped him in the canal ! |
| 15 | Should have slipped it in the erm in the oven . |
| 16 | I must have missed something in the council tax . |
| 17 | ‘ We also know that if Vechey committed suicide he must have done it in the early hours , just before dawn . |
| 18 | At a World Cup : ‘ The manager must have said something in the Dutch dressing gown at half-time . ’ |
| 19 | As earnings rank as personalty in any case and they must have had something in the way of moveables , especially those taxed on land , it is reasonable to treat all assessments as though made on goods . |
| 20 | He won the local Easter parade a couple of times as the best-dressed man which , in the depressed Thirties , must have put him in the mould of something of an exhibitionist . |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't steal your money , you stupid bitch , you must have put it in the wrong apron . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Two men … someone must have let them in the front door … they took Jacqui … ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It 's funny , ’ says Brian , ‘ they 're both so like my own kids that we often say the stork must have dropped them in the wrong homes the first time around . |
| 24 | Had the batsman not ducked , the ball might have struck him in the solar plexus . |
| 25 | If , for example , old man Jordan had come into the kitchen at that moment , Wycliffe might have seen him in the mirror ; but what of it ? |
| 26 | And I suppose we might have lost her in the long run , but not just yet . ’ |
| 27 | I might have put it in the the bin . |
| 28 | Had John Dorahy not rashly attempted a dropped goal on the first tackle in the closing stages , the Second Division side might have found themselves in the final . |
| 29 | I said you might have left it in the car . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've lost my lighter and I thought I might have left it in the car the other day . |