Example sentences of "[noun] should have been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What a lovely thing to do , ’ he remarked and , appalled at his patronising tone , told her that her ears should have been burning on Christmas Day . |
| 2 | So why the population should have been growing on this scale I think is er a question that we ca n't answer very easily . |
| 3 | HMS Reading should have been coming in the other direction . |
| 4 | My whole thinking , every waking moment should have been concentrating on the 100 metres in which I was still convinced , despite losing to Carl in Madrid earlier in the season , that I could take the gold medal . |
| 5 | On his return Geoffrey should have been waiting in the wings to assist him into his pirate coat — the hook attached to the sleeve rendered it cumbersome . |
| 6 | Well , by April 1982 , surely the Cabinet should have been thinking about it . |
| 7 | We do not buy live poultry from the local market and carry it home squawking and then wring its neck , nor do we insist that the fish we order in a restaurant should have been swimming about only moments before . |