Example sentences of "[modal v] have [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a remark he should have reserved for an aging Peruvian marksman called Cubillas . |
| 2 | In retrospect , the ref should have blown for full-time at this point . |
| 3 | ‘ If they thought the children were in danger they should have gone for a care order in the first place , ’ Levy said . |
| 4 | Overturning this residence order the Appeal Court was clear Nottinghamshire SSD should have used the Act 's public law provisions from the outset — it should have gone for a care order or a supervision order , enabling social workers to oversee the children 's welfare . |
| 5 | He should have gone for a walk on the Downs or gone shopping in the town for antiques , or spent the morning browsing in bookshops . |
| 6 | Even when Vinnie left — although we sold him for either what we bought him , or maybe 50 grand more , he had a very good season at Leeds , proved he could play a bit , he should have gone for more . |
| 7 | Yes you did it was er the advertisement I 'd seen or very similar in the Scotsman newspaper and I must admit when he got all the information I thought damn I should have gone for that myself . |
| 8 | Should have gone for two should n't I ? |
| 9 | Those problems have not been solved — just as we said that they would not be — because the Government did not take the issue seriously enough and did not press as they should have pressed for the substantial reforms that were needed . |
| 10 | Her man was Willie Johnson , the player at the centre of the most emotional scandal in the history of Scottish football , and a figure of such sentimental intensity , he should have played for Nashville . |
| 11 | We should have run for it . |
| 12 | We should have run for it . |
| 13 | We should have run for it . |
| 14 | We should have run for it . |
| 15 | The solicitors had a conflict of interests , and should have arranged for him to receive independent legal advice . |
| 16 | That relics of them should have survived for such a vast period of time seemed even more difficult to believe . |
| 17 | Something Busacher should have noticed for himself , but which he had been too busy to observe . |
| 18 | But Crilly says he needs the money he should have gotten for them in Dublin . |
| 19 | Before LGCM took up its office in the tower of St Botolph 's , Malcolm Johnson should have applied for a faculty . |
| 20 | Erm we will continue to say that Harlow should have applied for designation years ago erm it 's very |
| 21 | We should have headed for the nearest faux French bistro , be we had not finished our ‘ 89 Cloudy Bay Sauvignon blanc which nobody could spoil , so we sat it out . |
| 22 | I suppose it was because we know he 's been highly-strung lately — his peculiar behaviour at the airport , for a start — that it took longer than it should have done for me to think over properly what had happened . |
| 23 | Erm but that 's if you just progr project forward where we are cos we used up in , in three months what we should have done for the whole year so you 've only got ta do that , so we 've done a hundred thousand pounds this first quarter and if you 've four more , three more quarters there 's another three hundred thousand pounds over budget . |
| 24 | He should have waited for a better moment instead of acting impulsively . |
| 25 | I should have waited for him … . |
| 26 | Even if she had n't sussed out who had ordered the stuff , she should have asked for his advice and help in disposing of it . |
| 27 | When it was too late and Nails had had time to cool down , he realised he should have asked for Mr Bean or even Biddy or Nutty 's dad to be contacted . |
| 28 | He replied that there was n't , but that I should have asked for Operations when I got to Porto . |
| 29 | Last summer , when the Sainsbury Wing was being dedicated at the National Gallery , Lord Sainsbury said in his speech that , while he was very happy to have provided that money for the Wing , he really thought the government should have paid for it . |
| 30 | In terms of cost effectiveness , a single Ventura/VT600 installation applied to Classical Music should have paid for itself in eight months — costed against the savings in typesetting . |