Example sentences of "[modal v] have [vb pp] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once cooked , the lentils should have absorbed all of the water and feel soft in texture . |
| 2 | Someone should have said all this to him years ago . |
| 3 | In fact , she should have said all this to Faye weeks ago . |
| 4 | I 'm sorry , I should have said all religious groups . |
| 5 | I , you see I think that instead of , instead of Lawson putting interest rates up to squeeze inflation out of the economy he should have stopped all credit . |
| 6 | You should have studied all the syllabus , but it would be prudent to have a full knowledge of the topics with a high probability . |
| 7 | By section 56 , Acme was permitted to transfer the software because there were no express terms in the licence agreement prohibiting this , but it should have transferred all copies of WORDY . |
| 8 | Finally , after going full circle , AIB finished up in 1983 in the Department of Transport which seems to me to be where it should have remained all the time . |
| 9 | Well of course I , I should have done all this last year , you know . |
| 10 | erm I think this is the way it 's done anyway , tt , er , they should have done all the rest of them . |
| 11 | should have restored all your backed-up files , including those where the subdirectories have been removed . |
| 12 | If I had ever thought of the possibility of being taken prisoner while I was in England , I should have expected all Germans to be like the officer who had tried to interrogate me at the aerodrome or the two soldiers who had brought me from the aerodrome to Amsterdam . |
| 13 | Aunt Emily likes me to read morning prayers to her , but I should have come all the same . ’ |
| 14 | Her mouth twisted wryly ; at twenty-four she should have put all that aside , but it lingered on like a bitter legacy . |
| 15 | They should have known all along that she was lying but everyone was in a hurry to get away from her embarrassing tears and her insistence on their testifying to this and that . |
| 16 | Mr Major therefore made a stab at the second — though it might seem that after 11 years in office , Mrs Thatcher 's radical government should have had all the time it needed for tax reform . |
| 17 | " By April 15 , we should have resolved all these issues : the date for elections , the establishment of a single army , the approval of laws . " |
| 18 | The implied contempt for instinct , together with his excessive logical faculty , explains why Socrates should have depreciated all known art and ethics and aspired with " divine naivete " to put them right . |
| 19 | He had been batting steadily and was well set , and since England , 328 ahead with three wickets left , were apparently in control they should have used all the time available to build up their score . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm sorry , you must have heard all this about Maria Luisa from your partner . ’ |
| 21 | Because Jean-Claude must have felt all this , too , there was no point in my saying anything . |
| 22 | I think , to be absolutely honest , I must have made all those bits up . |
| 23 | ‘ I must have travelled all the way with Sparky in the engine . |
| 24 | He must have run all the way from the car park . |
| 25 | When you worked at Needham , you must have seen all the toings , comings and goings on station yard , yard and a lot of cattle coming and going . |
| 26 | The poor duck must have crawled all that way , a hundred metres or more to that second patch of light ; our bright idea of putting the branches down after him to cover him up was pointless ; for all these years it would only have needed some more kids to have come along with torches or bits of burning paper to discover the body . |
| 27 | The number of black holes , however , is almost certainly very much higher ; in the long history of the universe , many stars must have burned all their nuclear fuel and have had to collapse . |
| 28 | It is common for an option to provide that the tenant must have paid all the rent and performed all the covenants . |
| 29 | You must be clear what you are talking about and you must have marshalled all the necessary facts and information . |
| 30 | He shot once with King Edward You knew all that , it was one of his favourite stories , and you must have known all about the guns . |