Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the rise was also the cue to check on erm pension increase and I felt you should 've asked a little bit more about the life cover , most companies do have arrangements for quite large sums of money to be paid out to dependants , this will have an impact on life cover planning in the future . |
| 2 | And now I look back on the years I wasted on the building sites and I should 've become a policeman ea a lot earlier cos it 's great fun . |
| 3 | Erm also as far as the husband 's back trouble was concerned , I f I felt that perhaps you should 've got a bit more information about the fact that he was going for tests next week at the hospital . |
| 4 | I should 've got a day return , it would n't , it 'll been cheaper . |
| 5 | I did n't lose her till she was over twenty but So but I think it was desperation because if I 'd had money I should 've had a house full of children because I loved them , you see , I 've always loved children . |
| 6 | Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ? |
| 7 | We should 've had a picture of that . |
| 8 | She must 've made a mistake — Marie said she 'd write to me . |
| 9 | The downstairs was inches deep in sherry bottles , newspapers , strange men 's shoes , and someone must 've lit a fire in the kitchen because there was a big black patch on the floor , as if a rocket had taken off . |
| 10 | It , it must 've cost a fortune , because er extra because of all the hotel accommodation we had to have as well . |
| 11 | Beautiful piece , one of the earliest I 've seen — but he must 've had a hard head , ‘ coz it broke . |
| 12 | ‘ All it tells us is he must 've had a foreign accent for them to give him a name like that . |
| 13 | When you 're going round the Fens , you must 've had a very early start in the morning , did you ? |
| 14 | Maxie Carlo must 've cracked a joke . |
| 15 | I thought Clarke should have scored a second goal when he went through . ’ |
| 16 | He missed a few chances ; reckoned he should have scored a hat-trick . |
| 17 | I believe the government should have conducted a proper and wide review into the role and duty of auditors , not just in the area covered by these orders , but also throughout the whole of industry . |
| 18 | Threat to insurers AS THE £1.1bn takeover bid by Australian Mutual Provident , Australia 's largest life insurer , gets underway for the Pearl Group , a new survey suggests that perhaps the Australians should have made a bid for a building society . |
| 19 | It was not , perhaps , as improbable as it sounds that McCarthy should have made a target of the Army . |
| 20 | He should have made a point of looking at the evening coverage before doing his own piece ; but he 'd seen the people they 'd sent to the press conference at the hospital , dismissed them as unlikely to do a decent job on it , and promptly forgotten them . |
| 21 | I should have made a list . |
| 22 | On a good pitch and with a fast outfield , Indian should have made a better fist of their innings , but only Srikkanth ( who fell to an outstanding catch by Peter Taylor at mid-off ) passed 20 as Australia 's allrounders ran through the order . |
| 23 | One hundred and seventy years have passed since the proclamation of the Hatt-i-Sherif , and in the course of all that time a State like Serbia in Europe should have made a far greater civilisational , cultural and economic leap . |
| 24 | Jacques Tati should have made a film here . |
| 25 | I should have made a point of following up his sickness , thought Cadfael , touched , but I thought he , of all people , would make good sure he got all the treatment he needed . |
| 26 | Secondly , we should have made a moral commitment to the single currency . |
| 27 | It is astonishing that he should have made a riposte about housing benefit being available to the poor for housing costs and to have given the impression that he was in favour of housing benefit . |
| 28 | The Government should have made a statement on the way in which the police national computer operates ; it should not have been necessary for me or the National Council for Civil Liberties to prise information from them . |
| 29 | It was ironical that he should have made a magical 153 against Notts , while England 's batsmen floundered at Old Trafford . |
| 30 | A solicitor for the Robinson family said that the staff at the hospital should have made a call to the Southern General . |