Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] [pers pn] [art] " 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 | The bus stops again at the Kensington Hilton , a hotel so much on the edge of Kensington that had it been built 10 feet to the west , they should have called it the Shepherds Bush Hilton . |
| 5 | They should have called it the charge of the bike brigade . |
| 6 | Should have nabbed him the park though ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Although Mikhailichenko should have given them a 15th-minute lead , Marseille increasingly controlled the game . |
| 9 | Perhaps his teacher should have given him a better word than ‘ tidgy ’ , but they both knew what they meant . |
| 10 | ‘ That she should have given him the letter a week after his arrival . |
| 11 | But if I was integrating a sine , it would have come from a cos and the cos should have given me a minus sine . |
| 12 | The arrival of Deacon Billingsley should have given me the satisfaction that my telephone call had been treated seriously , but I sensed this policeman was not going to offer me any satisfaction at all . |
| 13 | ‘ My God , they should have given me an Oscar . |
| 14 | We should have given her a call . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | should have given us the nudge . |
| 17 | Should have given us the money , money . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Or are you saying I should have given you a child ? ’ |
| 20 | This 28-day programme should have given you the opportunity to come to terms with your body . |
| 21 | I should have given you the benefit of the doubt . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I suppose I should have given you the choice before I took matters into my own hands . ’ |
| 23 | Should have realised it the first time , but that 's what happens when you make assumptions . |
| 24 | 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 ! |
| 25 | ‘ Well , you should have done it a long time ago ; you need a rest . ’ |
| 26 | I think you should have done it the other way . |
| 27 | You should have bought me a man , and not a threadbare purse . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You should have smacked him a good one when you had the chance ! ’ |
| 29 | It was the Edinburgh man 's only success from four attempts , and with Nick White failing with four attempts earlier in the game , the Scots squandered opportunities that should have won them the game comfortably . |
| 30 | I should have give him a fiver . |