Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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1 | And what were my wonderful talents , that I should have felt it mattered that they were ‘ wasted ’ ? |
2 | ‘ In those Go-away times that I knew you had I should have guessed you needed help . ’ |
3 | There were accusations last night that doctors at the hospital should have realised she had classic symptoms of the disorder . |
4 | She feels he should have realised she had n't meant the things she said . ’ |
5 | But he should have realised she 'd been carried away by the atmosphere , and the unexpected potency of the aquavit . |
6 | ‘ He should have realised he had nothing to prove and now , thankfully , he does . |
7 | And I who should have healed it severed it . ’ |
8 | ‘ That 's nothing to worry about — you should have heard what happened at my first interview . ’ |
9 | How many had been beggared while the war between the royal cousins had swept across their fields or through their towns , while the barons who should have protected them looked only to their own gain , shifting loyalties so often that the ordinary common man found himself constantly besieged and attacked by both sides ? |
10 | ‘ If I had been sensible , Alexandra , I should have known I had no chance . |
11 | ‘ You should have known I did not mean it , ’ complained the old lady in a fretful tone . |
12 | ‘ He should have known I did n't mean the things I said , ’ Bertha had persisted stubbornly . |
13 | Prince Charles to photographers THEY should have known he needed someone more experienced . |
14 | Sukarno should have anticipated what happened : his arrest in August 1933 . |
15 | In fact , I should have thought it lost something , if you follow me , if you put it into words . " |
16 | As an ex-schoolmistress I should have thought she 'd had her fill of children and I make no pretence at understanding them . ’ |
17 | I should have thought he 'd told you all about it by now , or do n't you two ever communicate properly ? |
18 | and this that and the other but people must have heard what went on and and you know the next morning they 'd see a black eye and just carry out a normal conversation as though |
19 | He must have heard what happened because he never came back . |
20 | They must have felt they had secured his future when a Treasury pension of £50 per annum was obtained for him in April 1766 , but his letters continue to reveal his financial anxiety . |
21 | Married to a sickly wife , then having to cope as a widower with a daughter who suffered fits frequently , finding work difficult to obtain , Thomas Titford must have felt he had enough crosses to bear for one lifetime . |
22 | The English pundit , John Reason , hardly gives the impression that endearing himself to Scots is high among his priorities , but many surely enjoyed his observation that , by the time Dume had peeled away the last player obscuring his verdict , Turnbull must have felt he had been down there longer than Tutankhamen . |
23 | That comes from Milton 's Latin Treaties on Christian Doctrine , and you can see he certainly must have felt he 'd found his subject . |
24 | ‘ But they must have realised something had been going on ? ’ |
25 | ‘ There is no doubt , the prosecution suggests , that this young defendant must have realised what had happened , but witnesses saw him accelerate away . ’ |
26 | He must have realised you did n't know about Paul and he was n't prepared to blacken my name in any way . ’ |
27 | ‘ That is the only person as far as we are aware who was in the area at the time , and they must have seen what happened , but so far they have not come forward . ’ |
28 | He says that residents must have seen what happened . |
29 | He 'd been so gentle that morning when he must have seen he had hurt her feelings , and she felt good inside that she had seen the more gentle , considerate side of him . |
30 | He must have seen I did n't understand , because he added , drinking . |