Example sentences of "[modal v] have had a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And Wolves should have had a second penalty after Regis had apparently set up Kelly but Sandford 's challenge went unnoticed by Mr Harrison , Stoke escaped and Wolves were denied the chance to regain the lead .
2 But to be really effective the mailing should have had a good deal more planning than this .
3 We should have had a general election last Thursday , rather than three by-elections .
4 It is not perhaps surprising that Sir Walter Scott , with his antiquarian interest , should have had a sharp eye for architectural difference , or even for interior detail , provided it could claim to be antique .
5 The wh the whole point is Steve , when it comes down to basic facts , it should have had a proper sealed unit chiller on it when it was new .
6 You should have had a tough education .
7 But Bowe believes Lewis should have had a harder warm-up than Dixon , who was outweighed by nearly two stone and was knocked down twice in a ten-rounder five weeks ago .
8 However , it did not resolve the crucial question : Does general relativity predict that our universe should have had a big bang , a beginning of time ?
9 Encamped for long spells in the Lansdowne territory Ballymena should have had a comfortable interval lead but McAleese uncharacteristically missed a penalty at either end of the first half .
10 Anyone who considers what has happened with regard to the sugar and milk quotas or to anything else about which we felt that we should have had a different package but could not achieve it will be aware of how dangerous it is to allow the negotiations to proceed quickly when a longer discussion might result in a better solution .
11 My worry about the half is that we should have had a few goals in , rather than just the one .
12 At the very least , he should have had a local policeman with him .
13 Just like to , we should have had a little bit of discussion there but we 're moving quickly .
14 For those widowed or bereaved in other ways , victory must have had a hollow sound .
15 [ 5 ] So the dream vision must have had a tremendous impact on his perception of the world .
16 One of them was two metres long and must have had a devastating effect on the plants as it browsed its way through the wet green bogs .
17 The plaintiff must have had a genuine freedom of choice before the defence can be successfully raised against him .
18 The agency account man must have had a sticky time explaining that one to the client .
19 This meant they must have had a hired car to take them to the airport or have gone by tube .
20 We fill grocery cartons with shoes that have the shape of living feet , a bulge on the left where she must have had a swollen joint ; I did not notice it while she was alive .
21 The rather un-Byronic 30-year-old Dustin Hoffman must have had a similar experience on the morning of 22 December 1967 when he opened the newspapers .
22 With the higher populations of Amerindians in the past , such groups must have had a major effect on the structure of the forest .
23 The boy must have had a terrible time at school .
24 ‘ He would slag off someone terribly and you would think they must have had a terrible row .
25 ‘ Harriet must have had a real skinful yesterday .
26 It may not be a good reason to us , but they must have had a good reason to do it , either family-wise or tension-wise , or because of life in general .
27 Hector McLean the eminent scholar in Anthropology and Celtic Literature who gave so much help to J , F. Campbell in the preparation of " Popular Tales of the West Highlands " must have had a good library and another schoolmaster at Ballygrant , Neil MacAlpine , can not have compiled his Gaelic Dictionary without one .
28 That meant that they must have had a good sexual relationship too .
29 Hey they must have had a good meal other night .
30 The firearm in an angel 's hands must have had a powerful impact on Indian converts .
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