Example sentences of "should [vb infin] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | All ( 1991 ) Group members should have received a free copy . |
| 32 | A secure keyboard technique is essential , and all students , even those for whom piano is second instrument , should have reached a standard equivalent to Grade VII of the Associated Board examinations . |
| 33 | Admission procedures for the BMus in Musical Technology are also noted in the Admissions section : students should have reached a standard equivalent to Grade VII of the Associated Board examinations in any recognised instrument . |
| 34 | She should have accepted a comfortable change for the better . |
| 35 | The modernisation and enlargement should have ensured a firm foundation for Wight 's business ; however , within a decade he went bankrupt , the ownership of the mill passing to Rev William Knight . |
| 36 | That some very large companies should have lost a great deal of money on their little experiment shows only how unwise their decision to pursue the technology was . |
| 37 | So the coalition should have given a reasoned reply , welcoming the offer to withdraw and saying that all the other issues are open for discussion once the withdrawal has taken place and a cease-fire is in operation . |
| 38 | Chaos now seemed poised to threaten the system from inside and without , and it is almost inevitable that the term ‘ civvy ’ should have become a derogatory reference . |
| 39 | Though I should have discovered a tolerable way , ’ she said , with force and finality . |
| 40 | A few moments later , you should have converted a printed page into a text file you can load into your word processor . |
| 41 | After the night Quigley had kicked my head in , I had finally seen something I should have seen a long time ago . |
| 42 | But now I have , and I see what I should have seen a long time ago , the selfish , arrogant , unscrupulous fixer who has been quietly feathering his nest in London for the past ten years at our expense after turning his back on us as though we were n't good enough for him , who could n't even be bothered to come home during this ordeal but just flew over on a weekend return when the mood took him , when he had nothing better to do , like the tourist he is ! |
| 43 | Is not the Minister deeply ashamed that he intends to carry on with that cruel and stupid tax instead of scrapping it , as he should have done a long time ago ? |
| 44 | Judging from last season 's performance , Wilko should have bought a decent right-back & central defender . |
| 45 | I should have to know a great deal more about you . |
| 46 | They should have held a joint conference . |
| 47 | ‘ Things have n't been going well since my England call-up , ’ said Ferdinand , who thought he should have won a late penalty after colliding with Chris Woods . |
| 48 | Over 900 of them said : ‘ It should have come a long time ago — very few people have done more for charity , public service and their Party than you have ’ . |
| 49 | It is no surprise that parliament should have approved a conservative plan . |
| 50 | But to be really effective the mailing should have had a good deal more planning than this . |
| 51 | We should have had a general election last Thursday , rather than three by-elections . |
| 52 | It is not perhaps surprising that Sir Walter Scott , with his antiquarian interest , should have had a sharp eye for architectural difference , or even for interior detail , provided it could claim to be antique . |
| 53 | You should have had a tough education . |
| 54 | However , it did not resolve the crucial question : Does general relativity predict that our universe should have had a big bang , a beginning of time ? |
| 55 | Encamped for long spells in the Lansdowne territory Ballymena should have had a comfortable interval lead but McAleese uncharacteristically missed a penalty at either end of the first half . |
| 56 | Anyone who considers what has happened with regard to the sugar and milk quotas or to anything else about which we felt that we should have had a different package but could not achieve it will be aware of how dangerous it is to allow the negotiations to proceed quickly when a longer discussion might result in a better solution . |
| 57 | At the very least , he should have had a local policeman with him . |
| 58 | Just like to , we should have had a little bit of discussion there but we 're moving quickly . |
| 59 | I was not told , when we left , that I should have to fight a running battle with four hundred horsemen . |
| 60 | Days before the trading figures were due , when it should have recommended a long position , the firm was likely to recommend going short . |