Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] been do " in BNC.
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| 1 | you know so erm so some er a lot more should 've been done about actually getting , even if it was just well I 'm in that area , I 'm in the area on such and such a day anyway so I can call in to see you . |
| 2 | Now going back into the Hebrew scriptures , you 'll find there that this sort of staying awake counsel , an idea was there long before the days of Jesus and the Apostles and people 's lives were involved in its state , even in those days , let's just let us have a look at one , Isaiah forty two eighteen to twenty now this terms it slightly different , but when you look at it and analyze it , you realize he 's talking about exactly the same thing , it 's regarding the nation of Israel who turned away from Jehovah , they were n't doing what they should be doing , or should 've been doing as he 's pleading with them look there , that look here , here you deaf ones , well we know the nation of Israel were n't all physically deaf , they were like we are , perhaps had a few deaf individuals amongst them , but |
| 3 | It should have been done sooner , he wrote , but the truth is it would always have been too late . |
| 4 | The abolition of car tax was a bold move but it should have been done in the Budget last March , as the motor industry had asked . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's something that should have been done a long time ago . |
| 6 | If anything permanent were to be achieved , it should have been done under Rufus . |
| 7 | Indeed this is what should have been done to stop the actions of the buffer stock Manager . |
| 8 | " Now " is better used in study than in unprofitable re-writing of what should have been done well in the first place . |
| 9 | One-third also administered medicines to clients and 17 per cent said they carried out tasks which should have been done by nurses . |
| 10 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
| 11 | The next two hours were hectic , the Rose Bowl 's new owner struggling alone with the lunchtime rush while her assistant made up the orders that should have been done earlier . |
| 12 | Looks as if it should have been done hours ago , if you ask me . |
| 13 | So , what did you think of the adverts ? of Decommissioning and Waste Management 's Transport Technology Department felt that the idea of the high-profile campaign was ‘ good , but it should have been done years ago ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ Which is what should have been done a week since . ’ |
| 15 | The exercise must be done and should have been done by now . |
| 16 | Neighbours , who reported the man as missing to the local council , say more should have been done to see if he was in need of help . |
| 17 | He should have been done for murder . |
| 18 | ‘ Something should have been done immediately given this is near a residential area and there are a lot of children around . |
| 19 | ‘ It does n't matter what they said something should have been done to get people out immediately . |
| 20 | It believes more should have been done to ease the severity of the jobless situation . |
| 21 | It should have been done at once ; now the moment of surprise is lost . ’ |
| 22 | Now , on April 9th , they decided to mount a full-scale offensive along the whole Verdun front , on both banks of the Meuse ; doing what should have been done on February 21st . |
| 23 | The afterwards discussion reveals very strong emotion in the boys , and Jack + Ralph contradict one another in a schoolboy-ish sort of way — each knowing what should have been done , and making excuses . |
| 24 | He should have been doing this a year or two ago , in the hope that extra jobs would have been created before now . |
| 25 | After only a minute of play or painting or whatever he should have been doing , he would leave his place , then snatch toys , kick children , overturn furniture and try to run out of the nursery . |
| 26 | ‘ Then I catch up with what I should have been doing all day . |
| 27 | With a mental sigh that dimmed her meanings , she turned her attention to what she should have been doing all along . |
| 28 | As we become more successful in delivering health care in the community , we discover things that we should have been doing in the past but have not done . |
| 29 | Getting on with what you should be doing that can only see a few people doing that who are actually getting on with what they should have been doing while you are waiting . |
| 30 | She should have been doing three hundred . |