Example sentences of "should [vb infin] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Tommy , that again should 've been blue . |
2 | That should 've been automatic , ni November ninety three . |
3 | Where he found the energy — Anyway , this poor child , only nineteen she was ( he should 've been ashamed of himself and him a man of forty ) — if she 'd only come to me at the start ! |
4 | It 's my fault really , cos the window should 've been open . |
5 | in Brazil the archbishop now in his late eighties I should think was renowned everywhere said that there 's a quote here from him on the Traidcraft leaflet . |
6 | The government did not have to concern itself with the balance of payments ( which was always expected to be favourable or self-adjusting ) , free trade meant that there was no need for elaborate connections with industry , the level of employment had to be left to the supply and demand for labour , and all that the government should do was elementary regulation in the interests of those sections of the community unable to defend themselves . |
7 | To be for animal welfare , as distinct from merely being against animal cruelty , is to believe that we have a duty to improve the quality of animal life , by ensuring — so far as this is possible — that other animals are the beneficiaries of what is good for them , not merely that we should avoid being cruel to them . |
8 | We should stop being defensive . |
9 | erm the other view , of course , is that medicine should have become much more scientific and that these almost old wives remedies should have been disgraced and discontinued . |
10 | She made it sound as if the two things should have been similar . |
11 | It should have been anthemic instead of light and poppy . |
12 | But either way we should have been consistent and we apologise for confusing at least one of you . |
13 | " I should have been honest with that child this morning . " |
14 | The G M B's got a long record of joining forces with others which has proved to be successful , but if we 're gon na be honest , it 's always been recognized that we would be the predominant union and yes Apex members we should have been honest with you at the time of merger , because it 's quite clear you was gon na lose your identity to at least to some extent and we should have been honest about that . |
15 | The G M B's got a long record of joining forces with others which has proved to be successful , but if we 're gon na be honest , it 's always been recognized that we would be the predominant union and yes Apex members we should have been honest with you at the time of merger , because it 's quite clear you was gon na lose your identity to at least to some extent and we should have been honest about that . |
16 | At that range it was impossible to distinguish details — but the royal standard should have been visible and was not . |
17 | However , Moeri says that , with his system , the explosion should have been impossible . |
18 | TVR has pulled off what should have been impossible . |
19 | ‘ December , which should have been awful , was almost hectic in some places , ’ Hill says . |
20 | Rory should have been relieved . |
21 | The SSFA said the cash flow problems of the salmon farmers inside the fishing and harvesting exclusion zone should have been relieved by the £1 million bridging fund set up by the Scottish Office . |
22 | Mind you , if they had Lloyd Allen as a client , they should have been used to anything . |
23 | By mid 1994 every person in the Company should have been involved with an important and meaningful piece of TOP improvement activity . |
24 | Several needed help from lifeboat crews , who say they should have been involved in the safety planning of the event , and man found clinging to the moorings at the Woodside landing stage and was taken to hospital . |
25 | In particular , it should have been apparent from an early stage that the railway would prove totally inadequate to deal with the demand generated in the Isle of Dogs , especially by the Canary Wharf project . |
26 | The pursuers then concluded a contract for the purchase of the house but subsequently raised an action of damages against the defenders , based on negligence , in which they averred that there were many patent defects in the house which should have been apparent to surveyors of ordinary competence exercising reasonable care . |
27 | In the absence of truly definitive knowledge about Jesus , it seems to us more likely , more probable , more in accord with our experience of humanity , that a man should have been married and tried to regain his rightful throne than that he should have been born of a virgin , walked on water and risen from his grave . |
28 | me patient should have the right sort of symptoms and should have been subject to some stressful emotional experience before the onset of the illness . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | There should have been real mountains , or no mountains at all . |