Example sentences of "[vb mod] have been [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fiction , he thought , Alice and I should have been tormented by our joint knowledge , distrustful , guilt-ridden , unable to live apart yet miserable together . |
| 2 | He was n't shocked by what he had been told ; he was astonished that it should have been said to him by his own daughter . |
| 3 | Well , by April 1982 , surely the Cabinet should have been thinking about it . |
| 4 | In the days before radio the shelter was a link with other drivers and todays cabbies say it should have been kept for them . |
| 5 | The fact that an unknown " civilian " should have been consulted about what was indeed a purely Service matter , should be weighed against Bennett 's unequalled background and experience . |
| 6 | It can be argued that if Swans can establish they had not ordered the goods then no sale should have been recorded in which case revenue has to be reduced by the £80 and the creditor also has to be reduced by £80 . |
| 7 | We have worked with the Government when we should have been working against it . |
| 8 | Well I I think its , the way that the plaintiff puts the case on that point my Lord is that even if the defendant Mr took the view er that it would not have been proper for such a notice to be served , in view of what the plaintiff was saying to him about his wish to get out of the contract , the fact that it was available to him should have been brought to his attention and then as Mr was saying that I sorry I do n't feel I can do this on your behalf because it 's not proper in the circumstances or whatever erm , should then have gone on to advise the plaintiff either to do it himself or to go and seek independent advice . |
| 9 | She should have been rebelling against her parents , not against him . |
| 10 | I also hoped she had n't told him about Frankie 's and my rudeness although why I should have been bothered about him I ca n't think . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , you should have been concentrating on what you were saying . |
| 12 | You should have been notified by your employer if he opted for this but if you never heard anything , or can not remember , write to that employer , or to the DHSS , and enquire . |
| 13 | ‘ But I should have been told of your arrival , ’ the Baron went on . |
| 14 | Have you seen this publicity which should have been put through your door ? |
| 15 | Even David Owen was later to admit that they should have been scrapped during his time at the Foreign Office in 1 977–9 . |
| 16 | Cottam suggested that he too should have been paid for his fortnight 's service , but the Governors replied that they were under the impression that " his services had been tendered on behalf of and as the personal friend of Mr. Hamilton " . |
| 17 | Yet if anyone 's patriotism should have been affronted by what happened in the islands , it was the Bahamians , for they were forced to endure the indignity of having another nation 's law-enforcement agencies operating in their waters . |
| 18 | He remembered a swamp draining into a lagoon some distance to the right of the highway — the road must have been raised for him to have seen that distance . |
| 19 | She must have been looking for me because a few seconds later she spotted me and came over . |
| 20 | ‘ There are also bruises on her thigh , which must have been caused by her being stamped on or kicked as she struggled . ’ |
| 21 | The ugly weal across his throat told its own story of why he was unable to say what had happened , although the gamekeeper believed he must have been swept from his horse by the low-lying branch of a tree . |
| 22 | I must have been chatting to him for about 20 minutes and he told me he 'd needed an urgent lift . |
| 23 | I suppose he must have been choosing between them . |
| 24 | It must have been irritating for you . " |
| 25 | ‘ Whoever did it must have been aiming at her head but thankfully they missed . |
| 26 | Others , that she must have been born with it . |
| 27 | She must have been born before his return to Ayrshire but whether or not her name was changed is not known . |
| 28 | L.G. said it must have been sent by someone in the audience who could write shorthand . |
| 29 | They must have been moving alongside us in cover , taking our measure , and they had two archers ahead , one either side the track . |
| 30 | He admits that he took the vehicle , but says that it was already damaged when he got in or that it was not damaged when he left the scene and that it must have been damaged by someone who took it later . |