Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should have hit him a lot harder in the first place . |
| 2 | ‘ We should have beaten them a couple of weeks ago when we finished all square and I have every faith in the boys , ’ asserts Nelson , ‘ Since then we went very close against Tipperary and given the self-belief the team now possesses I think we can give a very good account of ourselves on Sunday . ’ |
| 3 | In this Style File ( perhaps we should have called it a Riff File ) we will look at some of his best known parts , as taken from his extremely successful ‘ Reckless ’ and ‘ Waking Up The Neighbours ’ LPs … |
| 4 | In so doing they will be building on their earlier writing experiences which should have given them a positive view of themselves as writers who are capable of making and receiving meanings using a variety of forms depending on audience and purpose . |
| 5 | Although Mikhailichenko should have given them a 15th-minute lead , Marseille increasingly controlled the game . |
| 6 | Perhaps his teacher should have given him a better word than ‘ tidgy ’ , but they both knew what they meant . |
| 7 | But if I was integrating a sine , it would have come from a cos and the cos should have given me a minus sine . |
| 8 | We should have given her a call . ’ |
| 9 | She prospered at GSA nevertheless , coming out with the second highest marks in her final year , which should have given her a valuable travelling scholarship . |
| 10 | At the end of your interview the interviewer should have given you a fairly accurate idea of the date by which a decision should be made . |
| 11 | Or are you saying I should have given you a child ? ’ |
| 12 | they they get an allowance for somebody to clean and if they 've got a cleaner , I mean , they should have sacked them a long while ago ! |
| 13 | ‘ Well , you should have done it a long time ago ; you need a rest . ’ |
| 14 | You should have bought me a man , and not a threadbare purse . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You should have smacked him a good one when you had the chance ! ’ |
| 16 | He says that the hospital should have told them a new machine was n't being bought . |
| 17 | And he hit back , saying : ‘ Maybe the British Athletic Federation should have shown me a bit of respect and credit after all the effort I 've put in for them this year . |
| 18 | ‘ I should have brought you a present , ’ she said . |
| 19 | You should have got her a drop of brandy , brandy or whisky Albert . |
| 20 | I should have taken you a walk tonight . |
| 21 | I do n't know how he failed to score ( okay the keeper stopped it ) but maybe he should have wellyed it a bit more . |
| 22 | Yet , when I was seven years old , I should have thought him a very silly little boy indeed not to have understood about metaphorically speaking , even if he had never heard of it , and it does seem that what he possessed in the way of scientific approach he lacked in common sense . |
| 23 | They must have heard her a block away . |
| 24 | Dad said , and it must have cost him a lot to say so little after he 'd been put down by me , ‘ I 've decided I want to be with Eva . ’ |
| 25 | Must have cost him a few thousand to have it done . ’ |
| 26 | She gave me a lovely book on musical composer 's last year which must have cost her a bomb . |
| 27 | ‘ That must have cost you a great deal , Caroline . ’ |
| 28 | ’ Archie , this must have cost you a fortune ! ’ |
| 29 | Must have made you a fortune . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ He must have loved her a lot . ’ |