Example sentences of "should have [been] [det] " 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 | Frankly , I do not believe that there should have been all this talk about a little bit of majority voting on foreign policy . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I felt there should have been more self-control . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There should have been either detriment to the plaintiff , or benefit to the defendant : 1 Selwyn 's N.P. 45 ( 9th ed . ) . |
| 7 | ‘ The next step should have been some form of close supervision . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ To the pigs with the slops , where you should have been this mornin' , ’ replied his wife . |
| 9 | It is therefore slightly ironic that it should have been this same Meistersinger which now finally stirred his feelings to the point where any " healthy " critical stance became impossible . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | All this should have been enough to turn us from a nation of householders into a nation of shareholders . |
| 12 | The implied judgement on me , Vicky 's notional partner , should have been enough to send me into a screaming spiral of paranoid depression . |
| 13 | The other cause for concern is the opt-out on the Social Chapter and some have said that should have been enough to cause us to reject Maastricht . |