Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [been] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this time of the year , if Napoleon had not returned , Sharpe should have been thinning the apple crop , stripping away basketloads of young fruit to give the remaining crop a better chance of ripening in the autumn , but instead he was riding a dusty road in Belgium and searching for an enemy . |
| 2 | Instead of worrying about how to make the RUC acceptable to the minority , O'Neill should have been using the legitimate power of the state to crush an illegal insurrection . |
| 3 | He had this load of dead-weights working for him , old lasses that should have been given the boot years ago . |
| 4 | Eilish McDermott , QC , appearing for Doherty , submitted ‘ natural justice ’ required that — taking account of the time he spent in jail in the US — Doherty should have been given the opportunity to make representations to the Secretary of State . |
| 5 | When we left the meeting , I should have been punching the air with joy . |
| 6 | Dr Lyons said Moore should have been escorted the morning following the cemetery incident when he left the home of a colleague where he had spent the night . |
| 7 | But Holyfield is bowing out in anger claiming he should have been awarded the decision which went to Bowe unanimously . |
| 8 | ‘ All the more reason why he should have been having the full attention of you both , ’ Doctor Staples said sharply . |
| 9 | Thus , when in 1010 the English should have been engaging the enemy , ferde seo fyrde ham — the army went home . |
| 10 | The charge is that he allowed domestic inflation to get out of control and messed around with the exchange rate when he should have been applying the monetarist remedy . |
| 11 | ‘ And this is Ron , viola , but he really should have been playing the cornet , he spends more time on it . ’ |
| 12 | Florian stopped his theatrically narrow-eyed scrutiny of Maria and grinned at Luke , who must have been telling the truth because he was all attention , no less than riveted . |
| 13 | He must have been given the stuff in his food . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ The Robemaker must have been taking the Trees for years . ’ |
| 15 | At that moment , Willie Aitchison , Lee Trevino 's faithful caddie , must have been thinking the reverse . |
| 16 | At this time , the earl , must have been nearing the end of his distinguished career . |
| 17 | Morpurgo must have been wearing the same tie the day she came to Tyler 's Hard . |
| 18 | If food 's got anything to do with it then I must have been eating the wrong way for the last 40 years . |
| 19 | Her mother must have been watching the quayside from her terrace , Caroline realised with a jolt . |
| 20 | In the other the Lapith 's left hand must have been gripping the Centaur 's head ( lost ) while with his right he thrusts a weapon into the breast of the creature , who yet will not let go of his prize with either hand though with both hers she tugs at one . |
| 21 | Doubtless with his tongue in his cheek , Bedford replied : ‘ But Mr. Lampson , you must have been opening the book . ’ |
| 22 | He must have been playing the beastly thing for years . |
| 23 | At the vital moment of explanation , Harry must have been selecting the England cricket team on the back of his exercise book . |
| 24 | Neil Ruddock 's goal midway through the first half lit the fuse … and when Steve McManaman exploded a right footer just before half-time every Town fan must have been fearing the worst … |
| 25 | He had wondered how the KGB would react to the Reznichenko Memorandum ; now he saw they must have been analysing the pattern long before it had occurred to him . |
| 26 | He 'll have been gambling the money away and then stealing the food from her . ’ |
| 27 | now if you 're a football fan you 'll have been crossing the days out on the calendar for a couple of months now … the supporters scarf will have been washed and ironed and sitting ready for weeks … and by my calculation you 've only got one hundred and sixteen hours left to the big kick off … so here 's a taster |
| 28 | He appealed for information from anyone who had witnessed the incident , particularly people who might have been leaving the nearby Greenstead social club at about the same time . |
| 29 | Three , he might have been taking the piss , provoking the crowd . |
| 30 | IN THE DARK days of 1916 , what might have been called the ‘ Battle of Britain ’ was being fought only partially in the skies over the homeland . |