Example sentences of "[modal v] have [been] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You should 've been a policeman . |
| 2 | Shallow , samey gameplay ruins what should 've been a really rad game . |
| 3 | She always always oh she she had a second sight like that , I think she should 've been a doctor if she 'd lived in these this day and age . |
| 4 | They say I should 've been a member of Leith branch . |
| 5 | You should 've been a lot through more than five . |
| 6 | I 'm coming up a hill near some kind of huge church or cathedral — there must 've been a service or a concert going on because people are pouring out — one of them 's singing a high trill and her boyfriend 's cross : ‘ Please , Miranda ! |
| 7 | ‘ It must 've been a pretty powerful bloke who did that ; father was no weakling . ’ |
| 8 | It must 've been a belt that 's come right through central London and completely missed the suburbs , or North London anyway suburbs |
| 9 | There must 've been a little bit of snow |
| 10 | It must 've been the pipe . |
| 11 | " Funny , I did n't think I 'd hit him , but I suppose I must have — must 've been the second shot . |
| 12 | It should have been no surprise : Johnson scored two of the goals in last season 's play-off final against Brighton and was booed every time he touched the ball by home fans with good memories . |
| 13 | This should have been no problem as she was a swimming champion of the South London Schools and had been in excellent health . |
| 14 | There should have been no room in his universe for sub-divine but super-human powers , other than devils or angels ; however the senders of Scyld seem supernatural in knowledge and purpose , while showing no interest in the inhabitants of Denmark 's souls . |
| 15 | In fact , there should have been no doubt about the larva that dined on Robin Prytherch , natural history film-maker and ornithologist . |
| 16 | There should have been no struggle . |
| 17 | The issue was as politically predictable as they come , there should have been no muddle as a result . |
| 18 | I should have been a lesbian ! |
| 19 | Hugh Kenner veers unexpectedly into the idiom of the British schoolboy : ‘ Blast should have been a great lark ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ I loved the song , and I think it should have been a hit , but there again the record company did nothing to promote it . |
| 21 | And what should have been a piece of gaily irresponsible nonsense becomes impregnated with evil . ’ |
| 22 | That there should have been a Navy League , a Tariff Reform League , and an Anti-Socialist Union filled with Conservatives was an indication that there were many Conservative supporters who felt that the Conservative party was not doing its job properly . |
| 23 | In the ever more intense rivalry between Mercedes and BMW , that should have been a blast big enough to silence the boys from Munich . |
| 24 | What should have been a routine exercise in extending the Government 's borrowing power to $3.1 thousand billion became bogged down in wrangling over legislative initiatives lawmakers wanted to attach to the bill . |
| 25 | No claim has yet been made by any paramilitary group about his killing and the Royal Ulster Constabulary said yesterday they were not aware of any reason why he should have been a target . |
| 26 | Maeve Sherlock , the NUS president , said yesterday : ‘ We are unhappy at the outcome of the PCA investigation and remain convinced there should have been a full independent inquiry . |
| 27 | IT SHOULD have been a good week . |
| 28 | It should have been a simple matter to check , but the dosimeters for measuring radioactivity were locked in a safe and the panel in the control room was dead . |
| 29 | He thought she should have been a little quieter under the circumstances . |
| 30 | There should have been a yellow one too but the bulb had gone . |