Example sentences of "should have [vb pp] a [adj -er] " in BNC.

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1 On a good pitch and with a fast outfield , Indian should have made a better fist of their innings , but only Srikkanth ( who fell to an outstanding catch by Peter Taylor at mid-off ) passed 20 as Australia 's allrounders ran through the order .
2 Perhaps I should have formed a better plan ; perhaps I should have made instead for the Villa Diodati , to see if I could secure any friends and allies there .
3 These included care of the mentally ill ( which then also included the elderly with mental disability ) — these categories which should have received a bigger slice of the cake , actually received a smaller percentage of health board funding during the funding period from 1981–82 to 1985–86 .
4 ‘ Then you should have packed a smaller one — as you were told to do ! ’
5 By that time , the RECs should have developed a better understanding of the market , and pricing policies to suit .
6 There I should have welcomed a faster tempo both for the waltz of the first half , and for the galop of the second , both of them evoking the atmosphere of the fairground as a tenth birthday tribute to the Fairfield Hall in Croydon .
7 But Bowe believes Lewis should have had a harder warm-up than Dixon , who was outweighed by nearly two stone and was knocked down twice in a ten-rounder five weeks ago .
8 Should have picked a quieter place to meet , ’ he chuckles .
9 You should have got a bigger size in n it Dawn ?
10 I think he should have got a longer sentence or maybe tried in Crown Court , but not just got away with three months .
11 I think he should have got a longer sentence or maybe tried in Crown Court , but not just got away with three months .
12 I think he should have got a longer sentence or maybe tried in Crown Court , but not just got away with three months .
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