Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [been] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Tommy , that again should 've been blue .
2 That should 've been automatic , ni November ninety three .
3 Where he found the energy — Anyway , this poor child , only nineteen she was ( he should 've been ashamed of himself and him a man of forty ) — if she 'd only come to me at the start !
4 It 's my fault really , cos the window should 've been open .
5 Christ , he must 've been good . ’
6 must 've been frightened , cos he 's never had
7 ‘ You must 've been surprised when I answered the door . ’
8 morning , but it must 've been alright because er he was going off with David , I said you got tablets for him and she said yeah plenty of stuff for him , anyway , he seemed , he looked alright anyhow
9 ‘ You must 've been crazy ! ’ she told herself .
10 erm the other view , of course , is that medicine should have become much more scientific and that these almost old wives remedies should have been disgraced and discontinued .
11 She made it sound as if the two things should have been similar .
12 It should have been anthemic instead of light and poppy .
13 But either way we should have been consistent and we apologise for confusing at least one of you .
14 " I should have been honest with that child this morning . "
15 The G M B's got a long record of joining forces with others which has proved to be successful , but if we 're gon na be honest , it 's always been recognized that we would be the predominant union and yes Apex members we should have been honest with you at the time of merger , because it 's quite clear you was gon na lose your identity to at least to some extent and we should have been honest about that .
16 The G M B's got a long record of joining forces with others which has proved to be successful , but if we 're gon na be honest , it 's always been recognized that we would be the predominant union and yes Apex members we should have been honest with you at the time of merger , because it 's quite clear you was gon na lose your identity to at least to some extent and we should have been honest about that .
17 At that range it was impossible to distinguish details — but the royal standard should have been visible and was not .
18 However , Moeri says that , with his system , the explosion should have been impossible .
19 TVR has pulled off what should have been impossible .
20 ‘ December , which should have been awful , was almost hectic in some places , ’ Hill says .
21 Rory should have been relieved .
22 The SSFA said the cash flow problems of the salmon farmers inside the fishing and harvesting exclusion zone should have been relieved by the £1 million bridging fund set up by the Scottish Office .
23 Mind you , if they had Lloyd Allen as a client , they should have been used to anything .
24 By mid 1994 every person in the Company should have been involved with an important and meaningful piece of TOP improvement activity .
25 Several needed help from lifeboat crews , who say they should have been involved in the safety planning of the event , and man found clinging to the moorings at the Woodside landing stage and was taken to hospital .
26 In particular , it should have been apparent from an early stage that the railway would prove totally inadequate to deal with the demand generated in the Isle of Dogs , especially by the Canary Wharf project .
27 The pursuers then concluded a contract for the purchase of the house but subsequently raised an action of damages against the defenders , based on negligence , in which they averred that there were many patent defects in the house which should have been apparent to surveyors of ordinary competence exercising reasonable care .
28 In the absence of truly definitive knowledge about Jesus , it seems to us more likely , more probable , more in accord with our experience of humanity , that a man should have been married and tried to regain his rightful throne than that he should have been born of a virgin , walked on water and risen from his grave .
29 me patient should have the right sort of symptoms and should have been subject to some stressful emotional experience before the onset of the illness .
30 After recording a verdict of accidental death coroner Nicholas Gardiner said it was known that the seats should have been rear facing but he did n't think this would have affected the outcome .
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