Example sentences of "[modal v] have done a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We trained on an artificial pitch for two days this week and we should have done a lot better . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He should have done a bit of minding years ago . ’ |
| 3 | We scored an away goal and then two at home , and I feel perhaps we should have done a bit better . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We scored an away goal and two at home and I feel we should have done a bit better . |
| 5 | In fact er they should have done a lot better , but a lot of Conservative voters did n't bother going out to vote cos it was a foregone conclusion . |
| 6 | Is not the Minister deeply ashamed that he intends to carry on with that cruel and stupid tax instead of scrapping it , as he should have done a long time ago ? |
| 7 | The right hon. Gentleman should have done a little more research . |
| 8 | She should have done a bit more than that actually . |
| 9 | Yeah , should have done a sounds like as well . |
| 10 | Although there was never a great deal of action , at one time the firm must have done a fair trade as old Mr. Talbot was reputed to be a very wealthy man . |
| 11 | They must have done a good job and not over ‘ humanised ’ her because her introduction to the chimp group was problem-free . |
| 12 | Hank must have done a robbery to have so much money — he must have — there had been one or two bad ones recently — a Chinese grocer had been shot to death , in one instance . |
| 13 | ‘ You must have done a thing or two working in that club , ’ Hitch said , still looking at her . |
| 14 | To qualify for a course at the ICO officers must have done a minimum of ten years ' service . |
| 15 | ‘ Huh ! ’ he grunted , and , she swiftly realised , must have done a lightning analysis of what she had said , because in his next breath he was commenting aggressively , ‘ So you 've definitely decided to throw Travis over ? ’ |
| 16 | He eyes me , thinking that , although I might have done a few things in the Arctic , I am still a tiny lad without any fat ; he decides that it will be just a few minutes . |
| 17 | She handed this creature to Roland , who took it as he might have done a kitten , cradling it in the crook of his elbow , and adding to it , in turn , the nightcapped one , in tiny white pleats and broderie anglaise , and the dark-headed one , severe in dark peacock . |
| 18 | As one officer said to Levi : ‘ If we nicked everybody we thought might have done a long-firm , we 'd never finish our paperwork , the cases might never come to court , and if they did , they 'd never have the room to try them . ’ |
| 19 | If I 'd done English , geography and history , I might have done a lot better , but they just did n't seem to bother about you if you were doing science — perhaps it was an old-fashioned school . |
| 20 | he might have done a roast dinner and that they |
| 21 | Hatton could have done a nice little distracting job there . |
| 22 | I knew so many rotters before him , I could have done a degree in them . |
| 23 | She always said she could have done a better job running the place than the Director or his boss , Controller Establishment Research and Nuclear . |
| 24 | I was n't very happy with my legal representation ; in fact , I think I could have done a better job myself . |
| 25 | As Merrill looked at him questioningly , he went on , ‘ Knowing , by then , just how you felt about the circumstances of Elise 's death , you could have done a lot of damage . ’ |
| 26 | Yep The Don was crap — I could have done a better job . |
| 27 | No-one can argue against or overstate what Sgt Wilko has done in this area , that 's why I believe no-one around could have done a better job , and why he is the best man for the future too . |
| 28 | that you could have done a bit more last year |
| 29 | I could have done a little the papers let them off of the hook for years ! |
| 30 | Practising freekicks , with no ball , on no pretext other than looking as if you 'd have done a marvellous job if there had been a ball . |