Example sentences of "[pron] should have been [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I should have been marrying a prince . ’ |
| 2 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
| 3 | The other time I came near to being shot was in May , when nobody should have been firing a rifle . |
| 4 | I do n't think she should have been given a custodial sentence , but a community service to make her think about what she 's done . |
| 5 | and she said well we 've got , for instance , one of my favourite patience is the girl of er , I think she 's nineteen , and er , she 's in their because her father had raped her since she was about eight , when she was sixteen she killed him , well I said well I think she should have been given a medal . |
| 6 | On the very bad day , I think we should have been offered an alternative source of water . ’ |
| 7 | First , take the point made by Mr. Holloway from Germany , who says that South Africa ( they should have been granted a dispensation and welcomed to World Cup 1991 ) must surely go through the full qualifying process for 1995 . |
| 8 | the United fans enjoyed this game … they should have been celebrating a bigger win too … |
| 9 | Furious Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson argued it should have been called an incomplete pass and made his point forcibly after the Redskins ' 20-17 victory . |
| 10 | In reply , Greenidge and Richards hammered 88 in even time , but then only Murray made a substantial score , his 64 being joint top with Richards and 41 more than it should have been had a catch been accepted ; 308 all out . |
| 11 | Musician to the end , he died through insisting on conducting a new revival of Castor et Pollux when he should have been nursing an illness . |
| 12 | He should have been given a medal for trying to catch a car vandal . |
| 13 | Derek felt from an early age that he should have been born a woman . |
| 14 | ‘ Which is what should have been done a week since . ’ |