Example sentences of "[modal v] have [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the rise was also the cue to check on erm pension increase and I felt you should 've asked a little bit more about the life cover , most companies do have arrangements for quite large sums of money to be paid out to dependants , this will have an impact on life cover planning in the future . |
| 2 | And now I look back on the years I wasted on the building sites and I should 've become a policeman ea a lot earlier cos it 's great fun . |
| 3 | Erm also as far as the husband 's back trouble was concerned , I f I felt that perhaps you should 've got a bit more information about the fact that he was going for tests next week at the hospital . |
| 4 | I should 've got a day return , it would n't , it 'll been cheaper . |
| 5 | Yeah , and I said erm , and I said that were n't , if that was n't enough I said bearing in mind he 'd just come out of intensive care off a life support machine , I said and which I think that , that tells us that he needs a bit of extra care compared to some of them on the ward , I said I know they 're all important and I know you 're busy but I said I think you should 've had a bit of priority , he was dying , and you know he 's dying , you 'd been told , she said yes that 's right , I said but what really broke my bloody heart was from one o'clock that dinner time he sat in that chair , we left that hospital at half past eight and you assured us he 'd go to bed and when we came in the next morning at half past ten Joy he sat there exactly the bloody same , in the same filthy blanket and the same catheter on him , oh I went fucking mad and I said how dare you , I said because somebody 's told they 're dying does that mean they 've got to be forgot ? |
| 6 | We should 've had a picture of that . |
| 7 | I did n't lose her till she was over twenty but So but I think it was desperation because if I 'd had money I should 've had a house full of children because I loved them , you see , I 've always loved children . |
| 8 | You should 've had an Expresso coffee . |
| 9 | She must 've made a mistake — Marie said she 'd write to me . |
| 10 | The downstairs was inches deep in sherry bottles , newspapers , strange men 's shoes , and someone must 've lit a fire in the kitchen because there was a big black patch on the floor , as if a rocket had taken off . |
| 11 | It , it must 've cost a fortune , because er extra because of all the hotel accommodation we had to have as well . |
| 12 | Maxie Carlo must 've cracked a joke . |
| 13 | He missed a few chances ; reckoned he should have scored a hat-trick . |
| 14 | A solicitor for the Robinson family said that the staff at the hospital should have made a call to the Southern General . |
| 15 | Jacques Tati should have made a film here . |
| 16 | He should have made a point of looking at the evening coverage before doing his own piece ; but he 'd seen the people they 'd sent to the press conference at the hospital , dismissed them as unlikely to do a decent job on it , and promptly forgotten them . |
| 17 | I should have made a point of following up his sickness , thought Cadfael , touched , but I thought he , of all people , would make good sure he got all the treatment he needed . |
| 18 | It is astonishing that he should have made a riposte about housing benefit being available to the poor for housing costs and to have given the impression that he was in favour of housing benefit . |
| 19 | I should have made a list . |
| 20 | The Government should have made a statement on the way in which the police national computer operates ; it should not have been necessary for me or the National Council for Civil Liberties to prise information from them . |
| 21 | Threat to insurers AS THE £1.1bn takeover bid by Australian Mutual Provident , Australia 's largest life insurer , gets underway for the Pearl Group , a new survey suggests that perhaps the Australians should have made a bid for a building society . |
| 22 | It was not , perhaps , as improbable as it sounds that McCarthy should have made a target of the Army . |
| 23 | In the light of the evidence that a full planning meeting was due to be held on 30 December 1991 , the justices should either have adjourned the application until after that meeting or should have made an order to last until shortly after that meeting . |
| 24 | ‘ the justices were under a duty to make any secure accommodation order only for as long as was necessary ’ — and again the guidance and regulations are referred to — ‘ In the light of the evidence that a full planning meeting was due to be held on 30 December 1991 the magistrates should either have adjourned the application until after that meeting or should have made an order to last until shortly after that meeting . |
| 25 | She said Judge Allen should have made an example of Clarke and she criticised an earlier sentence he received for a 1983 drink driving offence — a £150 fine and 18-month ban . |
| 26 | That such a natural loyalist should have met a traitor 's end reflects all Edward II 's failings as a political manager . |
| 27 | You should have worn a coat over that dress — the night 's not warm enough for an outfit like that . ’ |
| 28 | I SHOULD have worn a hat . |
| 29 | We 're concerned that the that the Local Authorities of this land , including should have received a demand of twelve a twelve percent minimum for A P T and C , and a minimum wage of nine thousand three hundred and thirty , a level much higher than the Labour Party 's own national minimum wage , and indeed higher than the T U C's definition . |
| 30 | Businesses identified by Customs as needing to complete SSDs should have received a copy of the Intrastat Classification Nomenclature , which provides classification codes for goods to be recorded on the SSDs . |