Example sentences of "[modal v] have been done " 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 | It should have been done sooner , he wrote , but the truth is it would always have been too late . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's something that should have been done a long time ago . |
| 5 | If anything permanent were to be achieved , it should have been done under Rufus . |
| 6 | Indeed this is what should have been done to stop the actions of the buffer stock Manager . |
| 7 | " Now " is better used in study than in unprofitable re-writing of what should have been done well in the first place . |
| 8 | One-third also administered medicines to clients and 17 per cent said they carried out tasks which should have been done by nurses . |
| 9 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Looks as if it should have been done hours ago , if you ask me . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ Which is what should have been done a week since . ’ |
| 14 | The exercise must be done and should have been done by now . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He should have been done for murder . |
| 17 | ‘ Something should have been done immediately given this is near a residential area and there are a lot of children around . |
| 18 | ‘ It does n't matter what they said something should have been done to get people out immediately . |
| 19 | It believes more should have been done to ease the severity of the jobless situation . |
| 20 | It should have been done at once ; now the moment of surprise is lost . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Since no minister would authorise a warrant for such tapping it must have been done illegally . |
| 24 | ‘ How she was able to effect all this ’ , her nephew writes in his Memoir , ‘ is surprising , for she had no separate study to repair to , and most of the work must have been done in the general sitting-room , subject to all kinds of casual interruptions . |
| 25 | The complexity of variables thus introduced is almost literally dizzying , and either a lot of complicated sums or ( more likely ) much trial and error , rehearsing with stand-ins , must have been done . |
| 26 | It must be Well it must be it must have been done and er Alison 's in involved in that is n't she ? |
| 27 | The act must have been done at the promisors ’ request : the parties must have understood that the act was to be remunerated either by a payment or the conferment of some other benefit : and payment , or the conferment of a benefit , must have been legally enforceable had it been promised in advance . |
| 28 | Her hair was glossy , perfectly straight and almost black , and it hung thickly around her perfectly-shaped head in a faultless bob that must have been done at Brisbane 's most exclusive hair salon . |
| 29 | The seduction scene afterwards must have been done with an eye for the main chance , before the opportunity disappeared … |
| 30 | I believe it must have been done outside the stable . ’ |