Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know you should 've stayed at home till the beginning of this week . |
| 2 | Rejecting a federalized party , he asserted that the CPSU should remain unified in order to be true to Lenin 's concept of an internationalist party acting as a force to cement the multinational Soviet state . |
| 3 | Highfield came back strongly and should have scored in front of the posts but lost possession their hooker was held up on the line , their only reward was a penalty from their captain Terry Dillon . |
| 4 | Whilst its coverage of public affairs ‘ news ’ was not comparable to the Daily Mirror — the amount of space devoted to such news declined between 1927 and 1937 by 59 square inches or 5% — that decline is one of 19% if one assumes that that content should have expanded in line with the expansion of total editorial space . |
| 5 | These men should have gone off duty at twelve but he was able to dismiss only two of them whom he could replace with experienced men from the afternoon shift . |
| 6 | ‘ I still feel he should have gone to university like the other two . |
| 7 | She said the man , who admitted attempting to have sex with her when she was eight , should have gone to prison for two or three years . |
| 8 | United showed more appetite for the game and should have gone in front after nine minutes when Ferguson got on the end of Clark 's free-kick . |
| 9 | Perhaps she should have paid by cheque after all . |
| 10 | By a notice of appeal dated 13 January 1992 the council appealed on the grounds that the assistant recorder ( 1 ) misdirected himself in holding that the question of suitability of given future accommodation for the purpose of sections 65 and 69 was one of fact and fell to be determined by the county court in proceedings for breach of statutory duty , and ( 2 ) ought to have held that the plaintiff should have proceeded by way of an application for judicial review . |
| 11 | the last time he should have finished at quarter to one he got off about half past one mm |
| 12 | Well , we should have knocked off work at about twelve on the Saturday , and instead of that , being a shop , they were taking orders and we had to do all the alterations as they came in , and bought the clothes . |
| 13 | The new rule , which should have come into effect on 1 April , will now be brought in when it is felt that more companies can afford the 5,000 koruny ( US$160 ) needed to fit the device . |
| 14 | But in a report for EC leaders at Friday 's summit in Strasbourg , the commission said only 14 of 86 measures that should have come into force by mid-November had been fully implemented by all 12 . |
| 15 | But in a report for EC leaders at Friday 's summit in Strasbourg , the commission said only 14 of 86 measures that should have come into force by mid-November had been fully implemented by all 12 . |
| 16 | BELVILLE : I had thought you should have sat at table with me , but when I find you can not forget your original but must prefer my menials to me , you shall wait on me while I sup . |
| 17 | She should have got in trouble by her Mum . |
| 18 | Bournemouth must have felt at home on a pitch which resembled a beach after the tide had receded . |
| 19 | Sealed units must have destroyed at lot of the or taken a chunk out of the market . |
| 20 | He must have gone to bed with her . |
| 21 | Along with many a public body that felt pushed around by the Tories , the BBC must have gone to bed on April 8 with dreams of a quieter life on the night ; already swinging , as it were , in the hammock slung for them by a hung parliament . |
| 22 | He must have gone to sleep at last for the next thing he heard was his alarm clock . |
| 23 | About this time the appearance of the Mustang with the Packard Merlin engine must have seemed like manna in the desert to the Eighth Air Force . |
| 24 | You may provide one of the selection criteria to indicate the status the SPRs must have attained in order to be included in the listing . |
| 25 | You may provide one of the selection criteria to indicate the status the SPRs must have attained in order to be included in the listing . |
| 26 | You may provide one of the selection criteria to indicate the status the SPRs must have attained in order to be included in the listing . |
| 27 | He had argued that the prints were not improperly taken but it was said that his possession must have originated in breach of trust , confidence or contract and , therefore , an injunction was granted preventing the exhibition . |
| 28 | There is less scorn in the novel than there had been in the article , and a pity that must have come as surprise to readers of his work . |
| 29 | Mozart 's perception and understanding of the female psyche is especially illuminating in this piece and Jane Leslie MacKenzie 's sad and tense characterisation of the Countess was extremely plausible , if lacking in the real sense of fun which the lady must have had in order to be drawn into the intrigues in the first place . |
| 30 | For most individuals the ie grouping and the village were of prime importance , but these might become overlaid by membership of other groups , for example , as a result of occupation or education . |