Example sentences of "[modal v] have [vb pp] some " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But I 'm bound to say that in your position I think I should have made some enquiry into his bona fides .
2 I really think by now , Earth Summit or no Earth Summit , that we should have received some acknowledgment from DGXI .
3 Countersigning officers should have received some training in JAR interviewing and counselling skills .
4 ‘ We should have sent some people to the airport , ’ she muttered .
5 You should have heard some of the stories that went round when you first came to Easton …
6 The boat trip should have provided some respite but it is difficult to see how .
7 My relationship with my father had not changed , although I should have welcomed some change , since the days of my early childhood : it is difficult for most parents to admit that their children are growing up and therefore in need of a more flexible parental attitude .
8 I should have caught some more waves so they could n't underscore me .
9 I knew I should have found some way to follow that pair up to the pond .
10 The switch from almost ignoring the issue in the first week to so much concentration in the third should have had some effect upon the public .
11 ‘ Someone in overall charge of training who should have had some formal training in that field themselves ’ .
12 I said : ‘ I told you you should have had some breakfast ’ . ’
13 Entry Requirements : Besides a First or Second Class Honours degree or its equivalent , applicants should have had some prior programming experience .
14 Well , they erm seem to think we should have had some yellow in it for some obscure reason to match the programme , but I do n't know , I thing it would have taken the erm the look off the thing .
15 I think I should have pruned some of my flowering shrubs this spring , is it too late now ?
16 I should have brought some of these things .
17 ‘ Well , then I should have married some gypsy who would have trodden all over the fire with his bare feet , ’ said Lili .
18 It will be said perhaps that I should have combined some principle of conduct with propositions about the flavours .
19 A meeting in March should have resolved some of the present issues but the long-term future of the Biennale still presents difficulties : ‘ Let's have the centenary then close the Biennale down for good ’ is the recent opinion of Gianni de Michelis , Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs .
20 We should have taken some heed from the birch trees halfway up the track which were bending double in the gale , and from the fact that five minutes after leaving the car , we were wetter than the Scottish Sub-Aqua team .
21 Although Georgian architecture is now so popular and so familiar , its introduction must have shocked some people at the time .
22 I must have prepared some twelve pieces for possible auditions .
23 That meant , or so I like to flatter myself , that it must have struck some chord with at least one practising politician .
24 He believed she must have received some of his mailings by now as she was in an even worse temper than usual .
25 If a trust can be established with the posthumous child as trustee , then he must have received some benefit attributable to the intention of the deceased and arising from succession to him .
26 Although the Club was for Brakspear 's an outlet for their products without many responsibility of property up-keep , their generosity was far in excess of what might be expected on strictly commercial terms and doubtless when their relationship and arrangements were terminated in 1983 , the Club 's former President , John Chalcraft , also the Brewery 's retired Managing Director , must have felt some regret .
27 She must have realised some years before that I was n't headed in the direction of St Margaret 's , Westminster , but she had still intended the occasion to glitter , a bright milestone in our uneventful lives .
28 If the answer to that question can not be verbalised succinctly then the meeting must have served some purpose other than the interchange of information fields ( it may for example have had a social value or a " credit " assessment value ) .
29 I think She-She must have activated some secret glandular gimmick , to wrap it up quickly .
30 Family influence must have secured some of these appointments , and family loyalties were not forgotten in the service of the church .
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