Example sentences of "[adv] should [adv] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rescue service , which describes its staff as the ‘ new knights of the road , ’ boasts women alone should only have to wait 20 minutes . |
| 2 | When I reflected on all this later I knew that I just should not have lost my temper . |
| 3 | First , as we wish to encourage carers and strengthen families — even the extended family — if a person who is caring for someone loses them to a home , the person 's home should not have to go on the market to meet the cost of fees . |
| 4 | Well , he 'd had a few — I mean , he probably should n't have said what he did . |
| 5 | I probably should n't have left New Orleans as I did . |
| 6 | ‘ Mandy , you really should n't have said that about the Mafia . ’ |
| 7 | You really should n't have ventured so far , ’ she protested . |
| 8 | Well , it was the last straw , apparently , to be told by this cultivated , clean , excessively reasonable , and controlled favourite son , in these hideous surroundings , that Vincent really should n't have come here ; that it was more foolishness , another dead-end , when he could have gone to university and made everyone happy , including himself . |
| 9 | ‘ It really should n't have happened . ’ |
| 10 | I really should n't have teased you as I did . |
| 11 | Salutations 0 Mighty Apollo ! glad your music tour went down well , playing the fiddle standing on your head while drinking a glass of water is very clever , none but a Nero could do it , but you really should not have set fire to the auditorium as an encore . |
| 12 | ‘ But after he sat down and thought about it he has come in and apologised to the lads and realised he maybe should not have said it . |
| 13 | They certainly should not have allowed badger to lick his ear . |
| 14 | My sister was sent off to boarding school near Bournemouth to improve her health and was near starved , but Mother always managed to find something for the home fare — I remember a great day when she found the butcher 's bare and bought a goose that was available and that we certainly should n't have had it in normal circumstances and I was quick to see it was an ill wind that did nobody any good ! |
| 15 | Second , I thought Braden certainly should n't have laid what he did with ladies present , even if Mrs. Favor had started it . |