Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [vb pp] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The Prime Minister must make known what the Government 's plans are .
2 I should have hit him a lot harder in the first place .
3 Desperation and hunger had addled hir senses : SHe should have guessed what the score would be .
4 ‘ We should have beaten them a couple of weeks ago when we finished all square and I have every faith in the boys , ’ asserts Nelson , ‘ Since then we went very close against Tipperary and given the self-belief the team now possesses I think we can give a very good account of ourselves on Sunday . ’
5 In this Style File ( perhaps we should have called it a Riff File ) we will look at some of his best known parts , as taken from his extremely successful ‘ Reckless ’ and ‘ Waking Up The Neighbours ’ LPs …
6 They should have called it the charge of the bike brigade .
7 Should have nabbed him the park though !
8 ‘ That she should have given him the letter a week after his arrival .
9 But if I was integrating a sine , it would have come from a cos and the cos should have given me a minus sine .
10 The arrival of Deacon Billingsley should have given me the satisfaction that my telephone call had been treated seriously , but I sensed this policeman was not going to offer me any satisfaction at all .
11 ‘ My God , they should have given me an Oscar .
12 We should have given her a call . ’
13 Should have given us the money , money .
14 should have given us the nudge .
15 Or are you saying I should have given you a child ? ’
16 This 28-day programme should have given you the opportunity to come to terms with your body .
17 I should have given you the benefit of the doubt . ’
18 ‘ I suppose I should have given you the choice before I took matters into my own hands . ’
19 You should have bought me a man , and not a threadbare purse . ’
20 John Dobbin , defending , said the interviewer ‘ should have expected someone the age of her own father ’ .
21 It was the Edinburgh man 's only success from four attempts , and with Nick White failing with four attempts earlier in the game , the Scots squandered opportunities that should have won them the game comfortably .
22 But you should have told me the truth from the beginning .
23 They know the qualifying course as well as any team in Europe and , shortly before 7pm , should have earned themselves a toast in vodka , imported , of course .
24 And he hit back , saying : ‘ Maybe the British Athletic Federation should have shown me a bit of respect and credit after all the effort I 've put in for them this year .
25 ‘ I should have brought you a present , ’ she said .
26 You should have got her a drop of brandy , brandy or whisky Albert .
27 I should have taken you a walk tonight .
28 I do n't know how he failed to score ( okay the keeper stopped it ) but maybe he should have wellyed it a bit more .
29 They must have heard her a block away .
30 Surely he must have realized who the fräulein was .
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