Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They possibly should have scored more tries , but as against England , the Welsh defended very well . ’ |
| 2 | Travel agent Peter Marsh , 46 , of Colchester , Essex , said : ‘ Both should have made more effort to be together and to make the marriage work . |
| 3 | I should have made more effort to get close to her , Claudia thought miserably ; all her efforts had been rebuffed , but , deny it or not , the bond was there and she hesitated to turn her sensitive twin over to Roman Wyatt 's not so tender mercy . |
| 4 | He should have played more comedy . ’ |
| 5 | In early November Abilio José Osorio Soares , the ( Timorese ) governor of East Timor , reportedly told the Indonesian legal magazine Forum Keadilan that Indonesian troops should have killed more people at the Santa Cruz cemetery in November 1991 . |
| 6 | The mothers , says Mr Wijeratne in what sounds like an unfeeling remark , should have paid more attention to what their children were doing . |
| 7 | Swayne ; perhaps he should have paid more attention to Swayne . |
| 8 | Oh , she should have paid more attention to him when they lay close ; she should have absorbed the hollows and smoothness of his brow and learned him by heart . |
| 9 | I think perhaps you should have paid more attention to Chapter 85 in your instruction manual . |
| 10 | Obviously I should have provided more text than I did , but I suppose I was in rather a hurry . |
| 11 | ‘ Mr. Paris , you should have left more time . |
| 12 | With hindsight , I now feel that i should have put more effort into explaining these two very difficult concepts , particularly imaginary time , which seems to be the thing in the book with which people have the most trouble . |
| 13 | With their numerical superiority , they should have shown more enterprise . |
| 14 | Crawford wrote to the committee responding to their charges , and their reaction cam in terms probably familiar to many professional cricketers dealing with committees of enthusiasts : ‘ Mr Crawford should have shown more enthusiasm in his work , but the committee is willing to overlook past shortcomings on the understanding that improvement is shown . |
| 15 | It said the Tornado pilot was not provided with enough information and controllers should have shown more awareness . |
| 16 | This appalled Mrs Browning , who said at once that it was God using her as an instrument and that Wilson should have had more faith . |
| 17 | I should have had more faith in you . ’ |
| 18 | Why is it that they should have had more faith ? |
| 19 | ‘ He should have had more sense . ’ |
| 20 | I should have had more sense . |
| 21 | In addition to all the rationally established facts I formulate in the indicative mood , there is the imperative to respect them , expressed in injunctions of varying generality imposing varying degrees of obligation , ‘ You ought to know that ’ , ‘ You should have had more sense ’ , ‘ You had better check that ’ , ‘ You were wrong to overlook that ’ , and sometimes directly in the imperative mood , ‘ Face facts ’ ‘ Know thyself ’ , ‘ Think what you 're doing ’ . |
| 22 | But by the same token , the girl should have had more sense than to walk along a road like that in the dark . |
| 23 | ‘ God knows I should have had more sense . |
| 24 | ‘ The supporters here should have had more success . |
| 25 | There is one for every school , of course , and this psychologist should have had more training in perceptual handicaps than an ordinary classroom teacher , and should be available to help assess the child and give advice to teachers and parents about how to help them . |
| 26 | It may well be the case that we should have had more staff but I willingly accept that the tenfold increase in the number arriving has overwhelmed our resources . |
| 27 | The Executive Committee discussed the case at several further meetings and decided to re-examine it when Black 's solicitor should have had more time to ascertain the prospects of money compensation from the government for the injuries . |
| 28 | They were certainly too much for a dismal Everton outfit and Chelsea should have had more goals as they eased on to the heels of the leading Premier League pack . |
| 29 | The Allegri sounded a bit under-nourished against Mr Campbell 's easy delivery , particularly in the second movement , which should have had more force , though if one expects a bracing scherzo-like piece at this point , Bliss surely over-wrote it , producing instead the effect of a finale . |
| 30 | Instead of taking a Gadarene rush at this important matter of the reform of local government finance , the Government should have taken more time . |