Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [verb] [prep] the [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 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 So the other police should have gone into the other should have gone away somewhere .
9 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 .
10 ‘ One nurse should have gone into the security system first .
11 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 . ’
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 …
15 I should have gone to the children 's matinée but the serial , Spider Man , was too frightening .
16 The tall beans should have gone at the back .
17 ‘ We should have gone with the others .
18 Should have gone within the month . ’
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 The fire which should have flared at the entrance was a pile of wet ash and the oil-topped torches were extinguished .
25 Why the classic novel should have collaborated with the spirit of capitalism is perfectly obvious to Robyn .
26 The fighting spirit we showed to get back in the game was encourageing , perhaps Batts should have played from the start .
27 The report says they should have called off the operation once the element of surprise was lost .
28 Why , Gloria my dear , you should have called from the station .
29 It is hardly surprising that he should have jumped at the chance of establishing his ‘ Samba school ’ in Paris .
30 You should have nipped into the Gulf of Corinth — you might have stood a chance there . ’
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