Example sentences of "[adj] should have [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of intended aerobatic flight , the refueller had been instructed to leave the tank two gallons short of maximum fuel when refuelling a Tiger Moth ; this should have provided sufficient fuel for two hours 35 minutes flying . |
| 2 | I have passed The Secrets of Speed Reading to my colleague and Booker judge Nicholas Clee , who by test 10 should have reached 1,050 words per minute . |
| 3 | Chandos , as narrator , describes the two who have agreed to remain loving friends with the luscious approval that ‘ suddenly faced with life in the midst of death , two natures so alike and so peerless should have comforted each other ’ ; they have in fact exchanged a kiss . |
| 4 | The switch from almost ignoring the issue in the first week to so much concentration in the third should have had some effect upon the public . |
| 5 | Travel agent Peter Marsh , 46 , of Colchester , Essex , said : ‘ Both should have made more effort to be together and to make the marriage work . |