Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [be] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say I should 've been a member of Leith branch . |
| 2 | You should 've been a lot through more than five . |
| 3 | In fact , there should have been no doubt about the larva that dined on Robin Prytherch , natural history film-maker and ornithologist . |
| 4 | There should have been no room in his universe for sub-divine but super-human powers , other than devils or angels ; however the senders of Scyld seem supernatural in knowledge and purpose , while showing no interest in the inhabitants of Denmark 's souls . |
| 5 | The issue was as politically predictable as they come , there should have been no muddle as a result . |
| 6 | Their last meal in it should have been a kind of sacrament . |
| 7 | It should have been a ticket to the less cheerful part of Novaya Zemlya . |
| 8 | And they said you know th there should have been a way round it where they kept this couple in there . |
| 9 | ‘ He should have been a candidate in … |
| 10 | It should have been a crow of triumph , but Robbie felt very far from exalted . |
| 11 | Theoretically , the Council should have been a cross-section of the people socially ( as we have seen it was geographically ) : its members were appointed by lot , they served only for a year at a time , so that the Councillors should not have felt themselves to be a cohesive hereditary body like the old Areopagus or the ( semi-hereditary ) Roman Senate , and they could not serve more than twice in their lives . |
| 12 | He should have been a character in a Balzac novel . |
| 13 | Many considered she should have been a member of the royal commission on population ( 1946–9 ) but she did give evidence and published her widely read The Population of Britain in 1947 . |
| 14 | Besterman claimed that he was largely self-educated at the British Museum library and it is typical that his first separate publication should have been a bibliography of the well-known theosophist Annie Besant [ q.v. ] ( 1924 ) . |
| 15 | It should have been a warning to me when I noticed that none of the other foreigners was going anywhere near the wicker-basket toboggans , each with two dapper attendants . |
| 16 | By now , with the reception well under way , there should have been a roar of tipsy conversation and laughter . |
| 17 | These two hundred and thirty miles on the road should have been a time for strengthening bonds and for unifying our resolve , but I felt continually at cross-purposes with him . |
| 18 | And what should have been a doddle for Lord Waddington turned into a disaster . |
| 19 | SIX lengths ahead , only yards to the winning post … it should have been a doddle for Irish jockey Charlie Swan . |
| 20 | There should have been a lifespan of twenty years for H3 , but other priorities had been higher , and every four years since 1973 there had been a doctoring of the patient , a new lick of paint on the inside , an attempt to reinforce the roofing against damp , new wiring to carry the power of the computer that ran their lives . |
| 21 | This motion was triggered by a particular case which happened within the Birmingham region on the first of January nineteen ninety three which should have been a start of the European Market the people 's Europe . |
| 22 | And what should have been a piece of gaily irresponsible nonsense becomes impregnated with evil . ’ |
| 23 | A tiny girl , but her eyes were bright and large and caring , full of the compassion that should have been a stranger in the Pot'ma railway yards . |
| 24 | It should have been a procession for Linfield after the Coleman dismissal . |
| 25 | Returning ships from the Falklands brought much detail about the campaign that should have been the stuff of correspondent 's reports in a democratic society . |
| 26 | I should have been the hero of the game but I will always be known as the one who lost it . |
| 27 | Steve Cauthen , who rode Balla Cove , had earlier taken the other feature race on the card , the Godolphin Stakes , on Spritsail — a victory that should have been the subject of a stewards ' inquiry . |
| 28 | If a company chairman described trading as ‘ bad ’ in his address to the annual general meeting , and then later told an analyst it was ‘ very bad ’ , and if the analyst then advised clients to sell , would that be inside information which should have been the subject of a further statement to the Stock Exchange ? |
| 29 | Even in Wales , where gloom and doom should have been the order of the next year or two , the clubs have set off in a style which has brought , instead , a nervous smile or two . |
| 30 | That should have been the end of it . |