Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given my background , as described in the previous chapter , it is not surprising that I should have felt particularly sensitive on this point . |
| 2 | He should have felt as tired and inadequate as his age and circumstances dictated , but he did not . |
| 3 | Indeed , had he told me where he went and with whom on the evenings he spent away from the attic , I should have felt less vulnerable : it was secrecy itself I found hostile . |
| 4 | Sunderland should have scored just before this . |
| 5 | Well I think Gary Crosby if he looks at that 'll think he possibly should have scored then . |
| 6 | Sri Lanka should have scored more , but collapsed to 182-4 after standing at 160-1 . |
| 7 | However , a 1–0 win would be enough , and Wilkinson added : ‘ We scored here and in Barcelona , we made chances in Stuttgart , and we should have scored more at Ibrox . |
| 8 | You could say that with all the service Deane gets from the midfield he should have scored more than two ( as I say Lee 's got 4 & he gets hardly any service ! ) . |
| 9 | Norwich will feel they should have scored as early as the second minute . |
| 10 | I 'm running back to my office to make all the phone calls I should have made already this morning ; Summerchild is running just in front of me , a pace and a half behind Serafin , trying to catch the various pearls now flying back unrecorded over her hurrying shoulder . |
| 11 | Perhaps I should have formed a better plan ; perhaps I should have made instead for the Villa Diodati , to see if I could secure any friends and allies there . |
| 12 | We felt that Navan Resources should have made earlier contact with us to let us know that there was gold here , before we had to hear it in that way , ’ Mary Catherine Heanue said . |
| 13 | In terms of the definition of er what is historic York I think again an issue we went over for some length of time at the greenbelt inquiry , I would draw your attention back to my earlier comments that York is basically a modern industrial city with a very precious historic core , that historic core er represents no more than actually five percent of the built up area , that something like eighty five percent of the city was built after eighteen hundred , the view that was expressed by the County in N Y Two , in terms of the definition of the greenbelt , the Greater York greenbelt and its purposes was not accepted by the City Council , we do not accept that all of the func elements of the York greenbelt contribute towards preserving the character of the historic city , we rely on the the fact that the two comments the Senior Inspector made at this , the the green wedges and historic core itself that establish the historic character of the city , there are many parts of the edge of York which could repli be replicated in many cities , historic or otherwise around the country and finally just coming back to the issue of scale of development erm the point I should have made earlier about the house builders figures for the city of York is that the house builders did suggest a figure of four thousand for the city , erm , I 'm not aware on what basis that was made , but clearly my evidence would quite clearly indicate that I believe that could not be accommodated , certainly on any known sites within the cit current city boundary , thank you Chair . |
| 14 | By the time those bills come in , we should have made enough to cover them . |
| 15 | We 're changing the tape — we should have made more than one ‘ labour compilation ’ tape ! |
| 16 | The range of public library services , as was noted at the beginning of this chapter , is now much broader than merely books and readers , and perhaps these logos should have made more attempt to reflect this greater concern for information services in the widest sense . |
| 17 | Inside the portacabin that should have sounded pretty good . |
| 18 | Across the way in the main hall dominated by Renault and Peugeot/Citroen was Activa II , a big handsome XM coupe built just for show , but thought to be the type of car BMW should have built instead of the 850i . |
| 19 | We were a little discomfited by the request , but agreed to accede to it this once ; but when we realised that it was to be a regular arrangement , we knew that we should have to move again , for over and above the inconvenience of being put out of our room , we were sure that our landlady did not even change the sheets . |
| 20 | It is sad that a man with so many good qualities should have led so many down the wrong path , damaging the sport he obviously loves , but I feel that the Charlie Francis story still has a long way to go . |
| 21 | It 's as if it 's what I should have worn all along . |
| 22 | Hitchcock should have worried more about some of the dull and static sequences earlier in the film , after which the bus chase comes as something of a lift , even if overextended . |
| 23 | It was widely felt that Kohl should have visited both this site and other scenes where anti-foreigner and anti-Semitic attacks had taken place . |
| 24 | I do not feel that I should have to instruct even junior typists that my documents , all my documents , are entirely confidential . ’ |
| 25 | Although the therapist was probably correct in initially providing a chance for Pamela to express her worries to someone outside the family , she should have progressed as soon as possible to helping Pamela and her parents tackle together the problems surrounding their communication and lack of mutual trust . |
| 26 | It is these attitudes which reflect the fundamental problem with the UK economy , and I think your questioner should have received short shrift to say the least . |
| 27 | The sun should have paled slightly by three . |
| 28 | ‘ Señora Sunderby should have flown straight to Punta Arenas , but instead she stopped off in Lima . |
| 29 | Today , having given up smoking about twenty years ago , I find it unbelievable that I should have smoked as many as ten cigarettes a day ; but they were one of the things that helped to create a bond with Dana , something we could share . |
| 30 | You must be absolutely and totally out of your tiny mind ! she told herself fiercely , ashamed that , despite the apparent sophistication of her twenty-five years , she should have succumbed so quickly to his dark , fatal attraction . |