Example sentences of "[modal v] have been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should have been a lesbian ! |
| 2 | Hugh Kenner veers unexpectedly into the idiom of the British schoolboy : ‘ Blast should have been a great lark ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ I loved the song , and I think it should have been a hit , but there again the record company did nothing to promote it . |
| 4 | And what should have been a piece of gaily irresponsible nonsense becomes impregnated with evil . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In the ever more intense rivalry between Mercedes and BMW , that should have been a blast big enough to silence the boys from Munich . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | IT SHOULD have been a good week . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He thought she should have been a little quieter under the circumstances . |
| 13 | There should have been a yellow one too but the bulb had gone . |
| 14 | By now , with the reception well under way , there should have been a roar of tipsy conversation and laughter . |
| 15 | He should have been a character in a Balzac novel . |
| 16 | The recent single , Love You All My Lifetime , should have been a bigger hit and shows that Chaka can still sound as if she 's bursting with all the joys of spring . |
| 17 | So came into existence the ‘ Harborough Arm ’ a branch that should have been a main line . |
| 18 | The most annoying fact was that it could and should have been a masterpiece . |
| 19 | It should have been a fairly calm journey but the car was driven by a nervous new driver who did not want to lose face . |
| 20 | Two seconds , one of which should have been a first . |
| 21 | These two hundred and thirty miles on the road should have been a time for strengthening bonds and for unifying our resolve , but I felt continually at cross-purposes with him . |
| 22 | This should have been a happy and holy occasion but the expressions on the faces looking up at him — Denis , Hana , Uncle Mick , Carmella , now pale and shaken , even poor Joey — told him more than any words how empty the action was . |
| 23 | I think it would have been nice to announce the passing of these old trams ; there should have been a farewell trip on the Promenade ’ . |
| 24 | At first glance , Wilson should have been a superlative practitioner of Cabinet government . |
| 25 | It was a beautiful day with small cumulus clouds and about thirty miles visibility , and it should have been a great experience , but unfortunately I felt deadly sick all the way and could hardly bear to look out . |
| 26 | WHEN HUNDREDS of nuclear engineers came together for what should have been a festive shindig last week , there was universal gloom . |
| 27 | ( No Robina Mary , Robina Elizabeth for the girl who should have been a boy . ) |
| 28 | Gary should have been a girl , she had thought , for he was half a head smaller than she was with fair curling hair , baby-blue eyes and long thick lashes that were the envy of every woman who met him . |
| 29 | It should have been a new beginning , a clean slate but , as she rode out the following morning , her head clouded from lack of sleep , Kelly knew that life was never that easy . |
| 30 | What should have been a great event was diminished . |