Example sentences of "we should have [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fernando , we are being very sensible and talking about this as we should have done last year . ’ |
| 2 | In a way it was more exciting than the act itself , and I was so physically enraptured that I said : " We should have done this before . " |
| 3 | Well let's think for just a moment , you know , we 've been talking over these last three or four weeks about faith and that , erm , let's just think , perhaps and we should have done this sooner , but I du n no , it it fits in th this morning , er perhaps just what , what faith is . |
| 4 | Within five years we should have made substantial progress towards a Herbarium database , integrated with BG-BASE software , and with software for Herbarium loans and labels . |
| 5 | By then we should have completed any changes to the constitution and bye-laws , have decided on the long term future of our examination system and have strengthened our financial position so that we can meet the costs involved . |
| 6 | ‘ I always said we should have gone straight back . |
| 7 | ‘ We should have gone metric years ago . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We should have sent some people to the airport , ’ she muttered . |
| 9 | I really think by now , Earth Summit or no Earth Summit , that we should have received some acknowledgment from DGXI . |
| 10 | ‘ We should have noticed that spiky nose anywhere . ’ |
| 11 | Surely , we should have taken that into account . |
| 12 | We should have taken some heed from the birch trees halfway up the track which were bending double in the gale , and from the fact that five minutes after leaving the car , we were wetter than the Scottish Sub-Aqua team . |
| 13 | I sensed him thinking that we should have had half a dozen in the boat by now . |
| 14 | ‘ We should have had seven or eight but I think my lads ' New Year resolution is to turn my hair completely grey — we simply must find some consistency . ’ |
| 15 | Because on the basis of the economic models and the way which we look at determinants of demand in economics , this should n't have happened , we should have had the reverse , we should have had fewer holidays being taken and certainly fewer overseas holidays . |
| 16 | It may well be the case that we should have had more staff but I willingly accept that the tenfold increase in the number arriving has overwhelmed our resources . |
| 17 | Well , they erm seem to think we should have had some yellow in it for some obscure reason to match the programme , but I do n't know , I thing it would have taken the erm the look off the thing . |
| 18 | We bought one ( a mistake , we should have got two ) to supplement an old ladle-handle type of thing dug out from my past , and a hammer and a few pegs to be on the safe side . |
| 19 | " By April 15 , we should have resolved all these issues : the date for elections , the establishment of a single army , the approval of laws . " |
| 20 | ‘ We should have looked first ! ’ he declared abjectly when all they could see of the scene below and beyond was of rooftops and forest shrouded in mist and rain . |
| 21 | On this occasion there were objections that we should have included more names . |
| 22 | ‘ We defended badly and threw away a game we should have won 3–0 , ’ he said angrily . |
| 23 | He commented : ‘ We were very honoured to be nominated in three categories of the ITV Awards for Marketing , and delighted that we should have won two . |
| 24 | Back , outstanding throughout , said : ‘ We should have won this with room to spare . |