Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should have eaten at the pub . |
| 2 | ‘ With hindsight ’ , the HAS commented , ‘ it can be seen that the exercise of moving to community care should have begun with the provision of substitute facilities for longer term dependent patients ’ . |
| 3 | London Stock Exchange dealings in Foreign & Colonial PEP Investment Trust should have begun by the time this issue reaches readers . |
| 4 | He should have built on the team which won the title in 1991 , and bought quality players . |
| 5 | It is ironic that Holmes 's acceptance of the meritocratic possibilities of democratisation should have led to an Act which allowed for the creation of the comprehensive school — but in fact the ideology he shared with other administrators was one that could embrace the comprehensive , which was , at times , argued in the context of a more successful way of providing a selective education . |
| 6 | The use of high frequency sound should have led to the development of sound-processing pans of the brain , although it is not clear whether any extinct form had as large a brain cavity as seen in some modern delphinids . |
| 7 | In the overview of the provisions of the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Bill 1992 , which appeared in ACCOUNTANCY 's December 1992 issue ( see p 128 ) , the reference under Wages Councils to the repeal of Part II of the Wages Act 1980 should have referred to the repeal of Part II of the Wages Act 1986 . |
| 8 | Perhaps I should have said at the beginning , although I hope it 's obvious , that the speaker of this poem is , of course , coming back to the town where he was born . |
| 9 | So the other police should have gone into the other should have gone away somewhere . |
| 10 | I mean , ‘ Cripes , dear , if it was anonymity you 'd wanted you should have gone into the family tailoring business , ’ I hear you say , with some justification . |
| 11 | ‘ One nurse should have gone into the security system first . |
| 12 | Gunn argues that Nina should have gone through a second , refurbishing phase , to bring it in line with the German accelerator , Desy . |
| 13 | He should have gone for a walk on the Downs or gone shopping in the town for antiques , or spent the morning browsing in bookshops . |
| 14 | ‘ If they thought the children were in danger they should have gone for a care order in the first place , ’ Levy said . |
| 15 | Overturning this residence order the Appeal Court was clear Nottinghamshire SSD should have used the Act 's public law provisions from the outset — it should have gone for a care order or a supervision order , enabling social workers to oversee the children 's welfare . |
| 16 | Meiko Scientific Plc , Bristol has been getting a bit of stick in the US press following its sale of one of its massively parallel systems to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under a $15m agreement : complainants say the order should have gone to a US firm and not to a UK one ; Meiko repudiates ‘ the damaging impressions ’ created in a New York Times story on the order , saying that it was consistent with US national security policies and procedures with support provided by cleared US citizens ; it bridles at the suggestion that the machine is unproven , pointing to over 400 installations , and says the Israeli transaction was in compliance with both US and British export regulations and that this was confirmed by the British Embassy in Washington . |
| 17 | Erm and I I was n't feeling on top form and er looking back , I perhaps should have gone to a doctor then . |
| 18 | The bonus of an £11,000 car to a winning rider going clear on all four horses was not awarded , but Whitaker said : ‘ I think it should have gone to the winner whatever the scores . ’ |
| 19 | He was in any case visibly touched that I should have gone to the lengths of copying the essay ; but in those days no other method of putting him in possession of it was available . |
| 20 | Dozens of paintings that should have gone to the estate were sold by Baghoomian soon after Basquiat 's death , however , and they have not been found . |
| 21 | Did n't know why Summerchild should have gone to the Admiralty on the morning of June 24th , but his work was related to conditions of employment in the Civil Service and involved liaison with other departments , so nothing particularly surprising about it … |
| 22 | I should have gone to the children 's matinée but the serial , Spider Man , was too frightening . |
| 23 | The tall beans should have gone at the back . |
| 24 | ‘ We should have gone with the others . |
| 25 | Should have gone within the month . ’ |
| 26 | Whatever the mechanism of the assumed intron loss is in the chlorophyte mitochondrial lineage , that massive loss should have appeared after the bifurcation of lower and higher plants . |
| 27 | The bride died without issue in 1482 , at which stage the land should have reverted to the heirs general , since a widower had no title in his wife 's land unless there were children of the marriage . |
| 28 | The bride died without issue in 1482 , at which stage the land should have reverted to the heirs general , since a widower had no title in his wife 's land unless there were children of the marriage . |
| 29 | It is particularly timely that the publication of the government 's White Paper on Science and Technology should have coincided with the launching of our new magazine , Competitive Edge , since both are concerned with a commitment to the profitable application of technology by industry . |
| 30 | Endara 's wife , Ana Mae Díaz de Endara , 25 , whose growing influence over government appointments and policy was widely resented , was declared persona non grata in the region after publicly stating following the Colón riots that the police should have fired into the groups of demonstrators . |