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