Example sentences of "you [modal v] have been more [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 15a ‘ You ought to have been more careful . |
| 2 | ‘ You ought to have been more careful if you did n't want to marry him ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You should have been more specific , ’ I said , then sighed as the pips sounded and Eric eventually put more money in . |
| 4 | You should have been more kind to your loyal readers . |
| 5 | ‘ You should have been more careful before you started playing with fire ! |
| 6 | Had you bothered to look up the LD-50 in any standard work , or even bothered to consult Dr Woodward , you would have been more cautious about repeating tales of poisoning . |
| 7 | But in more robust days , you would have been more likely to come upon a coven up there , since the summit of La Rhune was one of several places in the Basque lands where witches were held to convene during the very ugly years of persecution early in the seventeenth century — then it was , according to the local inquisitors , that English and Scottish travellers arriving by sea in Bordeaux saw veritable armies of devils making their way towards south-western France . |