Example sentences of "should [verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should have hit him a lot harder in the first place . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 … |
| 4 | The bus stops again at the Kensington Hilton , a hotel so much on the edge of Kensington that had it been built 10 feet to the west , they should have called it the Shepherds Bush Hilton . |
| 5 | They should have called it the charge of the bike brigade . |
| 6 | Should have nabbed him the park though ! |
| 7 | ‘ That she should have given him the letter a week after his arrival . |
| 8 | But if I was integrating a sine , it would have come from a cos and the cos should have given me a minus sine . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ My God , they should have given me an Oscar . |
| 11 | We should have given her a call . ’ |
| 12 | Should have given us the money , money . |
| 13 | should have given us the nudge . |
| 14 | Or are you saying I should have given you a child ? ’ |
| 15 | This 28-day programme should have given you the opportunity to come to terms with your body . |
| 16 | I should have given you the benefit of the doubt . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I suppose I should have given you the choice before I took matters into my own hands . ’ |
| 18 | You should have bought me a man , and not a threadbare purse . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But you should have told me the truth from the beginning . |
| 21 | I should have told you the Huns have balloons the way you have the runs , but they are short of skilled observers ? |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ I should have brought you a present , ’ she said . |
| 24 | You should have got her a drop of brandy , brandy or whisky Albert . |
| 25 | I should have taken you a walk tonight . |
| 26 | 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 . |