Example sentences of "he should have [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He should have played more comedy . ’ |
| 2 | The prime minister 's critics say all this is happening too late ; that he should have regrouped last autumn , and that the Canadian Titanic may founder even while the ministers switch deckchairs . |
| 3 | According to the opinion polls , 60% of the electorate thinks he should have gone last August . |
| 4 | I , you see I think that instead of , instead of Lawson putting interest rates up to squeeze inflation out of the economy he should have stopped all credit . |
| 5 | John Morris , the board 's secretary , has already suggested to the World Boxing Council that , since Duran was inside the middleweight limit when he lost to Sugar Ray Leonard , he should have lost that title , even though the pair were fighting for the world super-middleweight championship . |
| 6 | He should have taken great pride in having so very much pleased the world with his choice . |
| 7 | ‘ I appeal to Dr Kennedy to begin open-minded consultations which he should have initiated last December . ’ |
| 8 | Maybe he should have cauterized those aspects of himself long since . |
| 9 | He should have used that opportunity ; especially as new laws will anyway be needed before 1995 to implement European Community directives on investment services . |
| 10 | One highly ‘ political ’ Lord Chancellor — like Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone — can , if he chooses , make a considerable impact on judicial lawmaking at the highest level but , for this to be so , it is not necessary that he should have held political office or have been a Member of Parliament or a law officer . |
| 11 | ‘ He should have had more sense . ’ |
| 12 | The application of this incorrect test may have materially affected the judge 's decision , since he may well have considered that the children 's welfare overrode the mother 's wishes and feelings , a matter to which he should have had particular regard under section 10(9) ( d ) ( ii ) . |
| 13 | He should have had another hat trick , but the ref chickened out from giving a penalty at the end of the game when ? was comprehensively brought down . |
| 14 | There seemed no reason why he should have known any English , Joseph reflected as they drove on and concluded in his own mind that the wary-eyed Annamese probably had n't understood the earlier conversation . |
| 15 | Swayne ; perhaps he should have paid more attention to Swayne . |