Example sentences of "[pers pn] should have [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And now I look back on the years I wasted on the building sites and I should 've become a policeman ea a lot earlier cos it 's great fun .
2 I did n't lose her till she was over twenty but So but I think it was desperation because if I 'd had money I should 've had a house full of children because I loved them , you see , I 've always loved children .
3 I should 've got a day return , it would n't , it 'll been cheaper .
4 I SHOULD have worn a hat .
5 I should have sent a telegram .
6 I know you do n't much like them , that I should have asked a couple of the hospital people as well as people who share my interests — ’
7 playing with it and stuff like , I think I should have gone a while ago , actually ,
8 I should have made a point of following up his sickness , thought Cadfael , touched , but I thought he , of all people , would make good sure he got all the treatment he needed .
9 I should have made a list .
10 I admit I should have left a message , but I assumed I would be seeing you shortly , and — hell , I never expected you to mind .
11 Looking back on it now , I should have taken a group of youngsters to grow on and not the adults .
12 I should have brought a dressing-gown .
13 I should have had a bet on Seve before the Open .
14 I should have put a stop to it . ’
15 Perhaps I should have put a bit more water into my late night whisky ?
16 I knew that I should have to make a decision .
17 At that time I should have considered a pint of milk and a loaf of bread a day paradise .
18 You 're always telling me that I should have got a job on the railways .
19 It was in 1929 , aged about 30 , that Winterbotham came to the momentous realisation , worthy of Bertie Wooster , that ‘ I should have to get a job ’ .
20 Erm the rise was also the cue to check on erm pension increase and I felt you should 've asked a little bit more about the life cover , most companies do have arrangements for quite large sums of money to be paid out to dependants , this will have an impact on life cover planning in the future .
21 Erm also as far as the husband 's back trouble was concerned , I f I felt that perhaps you should 've got a bit more information about the fact that he was going for tests next week at the hospital .
22 Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ?
23 You should have attended a boat-handling , oxygen admin. and a radio/telephone course/examination .
24 You should have received a copy of this , but in case it has been mislaid , another is attached .
25 You should have worn a coat over that dress — the night 's not warm enough for an outfit like that . ’
26 I can see that this would have given you a problem finding a rhyme for ‘ by ’ , but you should have tried a bit harder .
27 You should have used a spirit level . ’
28 Even then you should have caught a glimpse of Nigel in orbit as he roared to victory in the British Grand Prix …
29 You should have taken a stat . ’
30 You should have taken a sleeping pill . ’
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