Example sentences of "[modal v] have [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( e ) The charge should have been under s.15 of the Act , obtaining property by deception . |
| 2 | It seems odd at first sight that Celsus senior should have been of this view , and odder that he managed to persuade Ducenius Varus ( consul in AD 95 ) and his colleagues that it was the correct one . |
| 3 | But then I put two pounds , which should have been off Linda 's . |
| 4 | I should have been on my guard . |
| 5 | Smith should have been on the bench for London 's game against the Midlands last Saturday but had to drop out with the same complaint . |
| 6 | Smith should have been on the bench for London 's game against the Midlands last Saturday but had to drop out with the same complaint . |
| 7 | He should have been on a real high , but you can never tell with Seve . |
| 8 | You should have been on the plane back from her hol — sorry , charity visit — in Florida last week . |
| 9 | We should have been on TV after all . |
| 10 | ‘ They will have a point to prove to me that they should have been on the tour . |
| 11 | You should have been on duty . ’ |
| 12 | It should have been on her money but William was on a full grant at university . |
| 13 | The inner door has a large mosquito net , although I did feel the mesh should have been on the outside of the door flap so you could keep bugs out . |
| 14 | The boat was just as it should have been on the night of the murder and had not been . |
| 15 | By the way , I am convinced that the black girl who joined us should have been on the cultural induction course next door . |
| 16 | She looked exquisite , breakable , so desirable that not a few lustier members of the congregation , whose minds should have been on holier things , found themselves in a sudden , quite ferocious state somewhere between arousal and bewitchment , which could bring any man to his knees . |
| 17 | He should have been on the team , even as a second . |
| 18 | It was unanimously agreed by the platform that if Amaranth had carried Salome 's platter as well as the seven veils , Jeffrey Archer 's head should have been on it . |
| 19 | Wallace was great even when he took a knock early in the 2nd half ( Strandli should have been on sooner ) . |
| 20 | So if the law was clear that in those circumstances they should have been on notice and should have therefore watched where the money was going , there would n't have been a problem and are we not saying that legitimate stock lending which I think is what is about is suggesting , if carried on properly on the market , would be all right , but if it immediately goes off market into the back doors and back rooms and people ca n't see what 's going on and the Financial Institutions take part in that , then they are doing something that un undoubtedly is probably going to cause loss to pension funds and should n't there be a clear law which makes them liable in those circumstances . |
| 21 | I should have been on the following flight to bring you back . |
| 22 | You should have been on stage two minutes ago . |
| 23 | McKean also got his tactics right on the track , even if later , when he should have been on the victory rostrum , he got ‘ boxed in ’ by some members of the press . |
| 24 | So if the law was clear that in those circumstances they should have been on notice and should have therefore watched where the money was going , there would n't have been a problem and are we not saying that legitimate stock lending , which I think is what Good is abou is suggesting , if carried on properly on market , would be all right , but if it immediately goes off market into the back doors and back rooms and people ca n't see what 's going on and the financial institutions take part in that , then they are doing something that un undoubtedly is probably going to cause loss to pension funds and should n't there be a clear law which makes them liable in those circumstances . |
| 25 | Should have been on my hair fifteen minutes |
| 26 | He should have been on the end of that . |
| 27 | In the forty third minute , Foyle volleyed wide from fifteen yards when really he should have been on target after receiving from Magilton , and as referee Taylor was looking at his whistle to blow it for half time , United skipper , Steve Foster drove forward from the edge of the penalty area , shrugged off a couple of challenges , hit a good low shot , seemingly under the body of Gosney , but Gosney 's body just halted the flow of the ball . |
| 28 | The first pinnacle of his athletic achievement should have been at the Berlin Olympics in 1936 . |
| 29 | When we got home I was surprised to see Dad sitting in his usual seat because he should have been at work . |
| 30 | Yet here was her grandson fending for himself , leaning amiably against a kitchen cupboard and eating a self-made sandwich , while his mother gave infinite attention to food for women who should have been at home attending to their own children . |