Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] should have " in BNC.
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| 1 | She maintained he should have got the chance to give the facts of ‘ the very complicated case ’ from his own point of view . |
| 2 | A quarter of non-executives believed they should have the last word on mergers ( 10% of chief executives agreed ) and a fifth ( compared with 3% of the bosses ) thought they should approve major borrowings and loans . |
| 3 | Max Jacob believed he should have been given full credit for persuading Modi to return to painting . |
| 4 | Theo the go-between was soon urgently warning Vincent that his parents believed he should have treatment and were in touch with the lunatic asylum at Geel near Antwerp . |
| 5 | Most people we spoke to believed it should have been shown , but not all . |
| 6 | Which , if she 'd thought about it , she realised she should have done as soon as she 'd seen the dog making for her — rather than idiotically go forward the way she had . |
| 7 | He reckoned he should have been legless after his booze-up at a nightclub and insisted that the ale must have been watered down . |
| 8 | He missed a few chances ; reckoned he should have scored a hat-trick . |
| 9 | By the way , I am convinced that the black girl who joined us should have been on the cultural induction course next door . |
| 10 | In fact , if the treatment really worked I should have been Elastoplasted all over . |
| 11 | If the treatment really worked I should have been elastoplasted all over . |
| 12 | The publisher had made a decision , no doubt on sound commercial information , about the viability of the book as a course text and decided it should have a more restricted clientele who are in a position to buy a large-format , expensive paperback . |
| 13 | She meant I did n't girn or make a fuss , and meant I should have stayed that way . |
| 14 | There were times , subsequently , when I felt I should have hired a second vet to check the location and fitting of my own cranium . |
| 15 | I always felt I should have been able to protect my mother better but I could n't . |
| 16 | Not because I thought I should have been picked there were at least 15 guys playing better than me but because I had n't performed as I felt I should have done . |
| 17 | David says : ‘ I felt I should have been dressed there as a man . |
| 18 | I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN THE BAR ! |
| 19 | I knew I should have found some way to follow that pair up to the pond . |
| 20 | The hospital had a flower shop inside its main entrance and I subbed Fenella a tenner to get a decent bunch of flowers ( I knew I should have told them about their pot plant ) while I tried to chat up the nurse on reception . |
| 21 | And then Felipe came back after the war , and I knew I should have believed in myself and waited for him . |
| 22 | Leopold and Nannerl were clearly quite distraught at being parted from Mozart and his mother : ‘ … that sad day which I never thought I should have to face … ’ wrote Leopold ( 25 September 1777 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ I never thought I should have a friend to play with and a pony to ride , Aunty ! ’ she said happily , as she got ready to go out and call for Angela Yatton . |
| 24 | Though these measures are not due to necessity , as the people here are glad to be of service to us and treat us with courtesy in which not a little deference is admixed , for as I say they count many simple things great wonders : my fine paste shoe buckles ( the only part remaining after some native rats that are very large and like to be tame devoured the rest of the appurtenances ) inspired much clicking of teeth and clucking of tongues till I thought I should have to part with them . |
| 25 | When we were on Skye I thought I should have died of the irritation of them . ’ |
| 26 | Not because I thought I should have been picked there were at least 15 guys playing better than me but because I had n't performed as I felt I should have done . |
| 27 | ring her up and have a word with her and she 'll probably send you a copy of the letter she sent she should have done that . |
| 28 | As you thought you should have |
| 29 | He thought she should have been a little quieter under the circumstances . |
| 30 | ‘ But she was very brave and amazed the doctors by doing things when they thought she should have been dead long ago . ’ |