Example sentences of "[pron] should have [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Someone should have said all this to him years ago .
2 I can go away from a conversation and half an hour later I think I should have said that
3 ‘ Perhaps I should have said razor-sharp , ’ he murmured .
4 I 'm sorry , I should have said all religious groups .
5 I should have said this earlier : I did appreciate you withdrawing your notice . ’
6 I should have attended that Council meeting you know ? ’ he added more lightly , but I was busy , I sent my excuses .
7 ‘ I prayed that I would see you again , ’ he said , ‘ so I could ask the question I should have asked five years ago .
8 You know , I should have done four by tomorrow .
9 Oh well yes I should have done one word .
10 I should have done that straight away .
11 Should have I should have done that .
12 Well of course I , I should have done all this last year , you know .
13 If we keep the speed fixed now we have Do the one I should have done first .
14 that I had , oh I should have kept that !
15 I should have kept cool .
16 I should have kept quiet and remained as the focus of disapproval .
17 She meant I did n't girn or make a fuss , and meant I should have stayed that way .
18 I should have realised that genius , as some bright spark in the office said , has a lot to do with genes .
19 He even sold himself short saying : ‘ I should have scored three .
20 I should have felt sorry for them , but I did n't because I was really only sorry for myself and their problems were n't mine .
21 I allowed my personal dislike of the man to surface when I should have remained detached .
22 I should have hated that . ’
23 I am beginning to wonder whether I should have granted this private notice question .
24 If he had n't been , I should have made many more mistakes than I did and been more unhappy than I was .
25 He believed that if ‘ 1 had played cricket as a ‘ gentleman ’ I should have made sufficient out of my ‘ expenses ’ to retire by now . ’
26 ‘ Sometimes I feel I should have made more of an effort with him , ’ Kate said .
27 I should have made more effort to get close to her , Claudia thought miserably ; all her efforts had been rebuffed , but , deny it or not , the bond was there and she hesitated to turn her sensitive twin over to Roman Wyatt 's not so tender mercy .
28 ‘ But I 'm bound to say that in your position I think I should have made some enquiry into his bona fides .
29 I should have checked that should n't I ?
30 But I should have guessed that Hurley and his crowd would again put two and two together and make 22 .
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