Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 You could say that with all the service Deane gets from the midfield he should have scored more than two ( as I say Lee 's got 4 & he gets hardly any service ! ) .
2 We 're changing the tape — we should have made more than one ‘ labour compilation ’ tape !
3 You should have said so and so could you come and do so and so love , my daughter 's now do Christmas for me
4 She should have gone away when she had the chance .
5 should have gone soon as they got out of work .
6 partners should have to confirm formally that they have complied with the rules ;
7 In my opinion , as an invited speaker to the Eindhoven conference , DOCOMOMO should have recognised immediately that the conservation industry has aims and ambitions that run entirely counter those of Modern architecture .
8 The lawyer acting on behalf of the dealer argued that Sotheby 's should have stated explicitly that no such certificate accompanied the work .
9 It was a delicious quirk of fate that this situation should have arisen even as the legal action with Sting loomed on the near horizon .
10 On any sound military precept , the Russians should have withdrawn eastward until the mobilization of their limitless manpower had been achieved .
11 Opposition Chief Whip Derek Foster , Bishop Auckland 's Labour MP , welcomed the news no one should have to wait longer than two years for treatment but called for reassurances that figures had not been ‘ massaged ’ .
12 The next step is to ensure that , from March , no one should have to wait more than 18 months for a hip or knee replacement or a cataract operation .
13 To ensure that progress on waiting times continues , we intend that from 31 March 1993 , no one should have to wait more than 18 months for a hip or knee replacement , or a cataract operation .
14 Tories have already pledged that no one will have to wait more than two years for treatment and from March 31 , 1992 they say no one should have to wait more than 18 months for a hip or knee replacement , or a cataract operation .
15 I sense that you are suggesting the County Council should have done more than write a paragraph or two
16 Cos he thinks he should have done better than that and he 's right he should of done better .
17 Even with the problems , he still believed the team should have done better and was disappointed with the standard of performance , although he conceded home advantage was telling .
18 Cascarino should have done better when he shot weakly on the turn , but was unlucky two minutes later when he struck the bar with a superb volley .
19 According to Indian values the courts should have looked further and settled the real dispute which lay behind the ostensible complaint .
20 He had only one more room to do , he said , and he should have finished long before this but he 'd been badly delayed in the car on the other side of the dining car , which he had in his care also .
21 The high spot of the V16 period came in 1953 at Albi , where BRM should have won convincingly but for the immense torque of the engines destroying the tyres .
22 She should have rung immediately and said there was a question mark .
23 I should have known better than to take the word of any of that crowd from Donovan 's Square . ’
24 She should have known better than to think he would bring it to her , miserable sinner that she was .
25 And he should have known better than to have his secretary type it .
26 The policeman should have known better than to expect Duncan to fall for a cheap trick like that .
27 But I should have known better than to accept anyone recommended by you . "
28 He should have known better than to think Ben would not ask that question .
29 Devious devil ; she should have known better than to think she could fool him .
30 He should have known better than agree to support a magistrate whose hatred of gipsies was so well known .
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