Example sentences of "[modal v] have be a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There should have been a Government white paper to properly calculate the defence needs of the country . |
| 2 | Their last meal in it should have been a kind of sacrament . |
| 3 | It should have been a ticket to the less cheerful part of Novaya Zemlya . |
| 4 | It should have been a race a World champion like John Hill could easily take in his stride . |
| 5 | And they said you know th there should have been a way round it where they kept this couple in there . |
| 6 | Peered into the mirror , pinched my cheeks , fiddled with my frizz , stuck out what should have been a chest , and , well pleased , sashayed , stiff with petticoats and pride , through the storm porch and out to the bus stop . |
| 7 | I should have been a lesbian ! |
| 8 | He should have been a choir master . |
| 9 | I should have been a detective , she thought , as her journey ended . |
| 10 | ‘ He should have been a candidate in … |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't see any reason why a dog should have been a problem , ’ said Dr Julia Schofield after collecting her MBE from the Queen . |
| 12 | It should have been a problem because the personal details of Flora are meant to be secret , under the terms of a high court injunction granted in the middle of last month , Sarah is not allowed to discuss anything about her daughter with anyone , other than her legal and medical advisors . |
| 13 | ( No Robina Mary , Robina Elizabeth for the girl who should have been a boy . ) |
| 14 | With that spirit and her inventive brain , she should have been a boy , and together they would have run the world . |
| 15 | ’ You should have been a monk . |
| 16 | I think he should have been a monk or a professor . |
| 17 | On that Sunday night there should have been a film show for the camp , but the projector was broken and the prisoner who knew the trade of projectionist and might have repaired it was serving his second consecutive fifteen day spell in a SHIzo isolation cell . |
| 18 | Should have been a goal , but everyone knew we had a game . |
| 19 | I should have been a bit a bit clearer about that . |
| 20 | It could be argued , on a theoretical level , that that should have been a concern since the use of SSAPs by businesses means that the compilers of the national income accounts are presented with the same problem — but that is left to the statisticians to resolve . |
| 21 | That there should have been a Navy League , a Tariff Reform League , and an Anti-Socialist Union filled with Conservatives was an indication that there were many Conservative supporters who felt that the Conservative party was not doing its job properly . |
| 22 | It should have been a deathtrap , but it was n't . |
| 23 | It should have been a crow of triumph , but Robbie felt very far from exalted . |
| 24 | It should have been a relief to escape from the train at Holborn but as she crossed the platform and began to mount the stairs a feeling of confusion and disorientation took hold of her . |
| 25 | Theoretically , the Council should have been a cross-section of the people socially ( as we have seen it was geographically ) : its members were appointed by lot , they served only for a year at a time , so that the Councillors should not have felt themselves to be a cohesive hereditary body like the old Areopagus or the ( semi-hereditary ) Roman Senate , and they could not serve more than twice in their lives . |
| 26 | ‘ You should have been a courtier . ’ |
| 27 | He should have been a character in a Balzac novel . |
| 28 | ‘ I loved the song , and I think it should have been a hit , but there again the record company did nothing to promote it . |
| 29 | The most annoying fact was that it could and should have been a masterpiece . |
| 30 | Many considered she should have been a member of the royal commission on population ( 1946–9 ) but she did give evidence and published her widely read The Population of Britain in 1947 . |