Example sentences of "should [not/n't] have [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bridge lengths vary from three to four rigs on the Leine to an average ten rigs on the Weser and really , given the practised excellence of the crews , this last thirty-one-rig bridge of Exercise Neptune 's Gallop 1989 should not have aroused much emotion , but it did made the thirtieth of June a little bit different . |
| 2 | Does the Minister accept that patients , irrespective of age group , should not have to undergo prolonged suffering , being fobbed off with medication from time to time when cardiac surgery is necessary ? |
| 3 | ‘ You should not have made these arrangements without my approval , Adam ! ’ |
| 4 | There was no mob rule or intimidation and Mr Cranley should not have made those remarks ’ . |
| 5 | The district controller of the Portland Coastguard , Donald McDonald , said he had not been told of the trip by the canoeing group but that the sea conditions were ‘ quite favourable ’ and should not have caused any problems . |
| 6 | I do not propose to discuss that question , or , perhaps , I should not have finished this week . |
| 7 | As long as you have solicitors who can be admitted to the Personal Injury Panel or who can apply to take a Legal Aid Board franchise , there is no reason why they should not have experienced legal executives working under their control . |
| 8 | It must in the first place be said that women in the past were not for example doctors or politicians , so it is hardly surprising that they should not have held public office in the church . |
| 9 | Fathers and other family members who admit they have sexually abused children in the home should not have to face criminal prosecution , the conference was told . |
| 10 | She should n't have felt this sense of grief , should n't have felt betrayed , but she did . |
| 11 | Now , I know that these people have worked all their life to get their money and their saving savings and things like that , but if they 're able to manage on wha with less benefit from the government , surely they should n't have to watch other people who struggling and in dire needs because of that ? |
| 12 | One person may feel guilty because ‘ I should n't have eaten that chocolate bar ’ while the next is suffering pangs because of some pain caused to another person . |
| 13 | And from a great distance , heard Caspar say with irritation , ‘ Damn and blast , I knew we should n't have trusted those Gnomes — ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I should n't have washed this skirt , ’ she said . |
| 15 | well , I have one , and I think that 's expensive enough , but regarding the licence extra money , I think that we should n't have to pay any television licence at all with some of the programmes that we 're getting on , they 're all repeated |
| 16 | Well I should n't have thought young children would have und understood it . |
| 17 | I expect it 's indigestion — I should n't have had that bread and cheese so late . ’ |
| 18 | No , no I ca n't I just ca n't eat so I 'm not forcing myself to eat , what I 'm trying to do is only to eat the right things and I must start vitamin supplements I think I 've got the age when I probably need that , I mean , this cold is a warning to me that my immune system is not as strong as it ought to be , I should n't have had another cold so soon after getting rid of one ! |
| 19 | They should n't have had those talks because things are far from settled . |
| 20 | She should n't have had any problems . ’ |
| 21 | I should n't have laid that carpet last night . |
| 22 | See , he said , I told you you should n't have come this way . |
| 23 | Like , I should n't have bought that book so I spent nearly , I could spend ten quid a week easily . |
| 24 | ‘ Yeh Joy , you 're right , but I should n't have used poor Barney in the soup , I knew he hated the water , ’ said Hal . |