Example sentences of "[prep] if [pers pn] should have " in BNC.
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| 1 | She spoke as if she should have known about more than the dying town . |
| 2 | I WAS SAD to hear that ‘ Gaffer ’ ( Walter Mimpriss ) is dead , but sadder still that his obituary ( by John MacDougall , 25 September ) did not evoke the memory of a tall , lean , gangly man , with bent shoulders , who always looked as if he should have cow-dung on his theatre wellies , writes Marion Crouchman . |
| 3 | He felt somehow responsible for the way she was behaving , as if he should have spotted it sooner , caught on sooner . |
| 4 | The best new piece of equipment at the Royal Welsh Show this week suitable for upland farming conditions sounded as if it should have four legs rather than four wheels . |
| 5 | It looked as if it should have broken , amongst the pebbles in Adam 's bag . |
| 6 | It sounds as if it should have a K usually most words if you 're not sure and they start with a c sound put a C . |
| 7 | My head rang with that particular vibration of accidental pain , a tintinnabulating effect that always feels as if it should have preceded its cause — by way of a warning . |
| 8 | Looks as if it should have been done hours ago , if you ask me . |