Example sentences of "should 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 . |