Example sentences of "[vb mod] have be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should have been that thing squared and now we then having worked it out that far , |
| 2 | So that would have been point two five which should have been fifteen minutes . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | According to aviation officials the A-300 should have been 1,500 feet higher at the point where it crashed into a jagged mountain face . |
| 5 | There should have been real mountains , or no mountains at all . |
| 6 | Perhaps , as Cliff Bastin remarked , ‘ He should have been prime minister . ’ |
| 7 | There should have been major expenditure on affordable provision , this would be a major factor in getting people back to work . ’ |
| 8 | The bruises on her tender bottom should have been visual signs of her hatred of him . |
| 9 | That should have been six times nought point two over |
| 10 | Well we had to keep somebody on watch in case there was any damage , say the ship was up the river and a chain broke or they hit you , so you had to put your navigation lights up and to put navigation lights up we had hurricane lamps , we had a red and a white one , they should have been six foot apart , they never were they was about three foot . |
| 11 | Now that should have been front page news — a well-written piece I thoroughly enjoyed . |
| 12 | You think I should have been living life to the full , then , and not mourning your brother ? ’ |
| 13 | Your relationship with Petula should have been sufficient deterrent . |
| 14 | There were ten tables , so there should have been ten runners , but only three started . |
| 15 | At precisely what date he went is difficult to determine , for although Ibn Hajar states that he went to Egypt in 778/1376–7 , he follows this immediately with the statement whereas in fact Molla Fenari should have been twenty-seven years of age at that date according to the birthdate given by Ibn Hajar himself . |
| 16 | The exception was Helga , a Euro-slut from Cologne who should have been several grades higher but kept deliberately failing the aptitude tests so as to be with Massimo . |
| 17 | As an agency working in the field of community development , the past two years should have been optimistic ones for Falls Community Council , as new money pumped through BAT has been made available to us and the groups we work for and with . |
| 18 | On a comparison of populations there should have been 4,500 houses built in Derry but only 3,000 had , in fact , been built . |
| 19 | The fact that Scottish-sourced network TV accounted for just 1.5 per cent of the national output and 0.8 per cent of the radio programming suggested to the task force it seems , that there should have been more money available for commissioning north of the border . |
| 20 | I felt there should have been more self-control . |
| 21 | There should have been either detriment to the plaintiff , or benefit to the defendant : 1 Selwyn 's N.P. 45 ( 9th ed . ) . |
| 22 | ‘ The next step should have been some form of close supervision . ’ |
| 23 | A HUMBLE £28-a-day flagman bears the main responsibility for the shambles that should have been this year 's Aintree Grand National , according to the official inquiry into ‘ The race that never was . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ To the pigs with the slops , where you should have been this mornin' , ’ replied his wife . |
| 25 | He states however that the fuel was computed at that point and it was determined that there should have been 1,300 lbs remaining on arrival over Goose Bay , giving a reserve of twenty-five to twenty-seven minutes holding at 20,000 feet altitude . |
| 26 | This and similar observations indicate that the polymer can occupy less volume when surrounded by benzene molecules and that there must have been unused space in the glassy matrix to allow this increase in packing efficiency to occur . |
| 27 | It must have been dull touring around Britain after Broadway but she knew of no alternative . |
| 28 | It must , it must have been absolute arm and a leg . |
| 29 | Held , allowing the appeal , the judge had referred to Cavendish ( 1961 ) 45 Cr.App.R. 374 in ruling that it was open to a jury to infer from all the circumstances that there must have been prior arrangement with the occupier for such a large quantity of burglary proceeds to arrive so quickly at the premises . |
| 30 | It must have been that day or the next , Adam thought , that he or one of them , surely he , had first suggested the commune idea . |