Example sentences of "you [vb mod] [verb] [vb pp] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he succumbs to temptation after all and suffers the consequences , it would be to the point to say ‘ You should have known better ’ or ‘ You ought to have had more sense ’ , reproaches which derive their authority from ‘ Face facts ’ ; but it would be irrelevant ( and exasperating ) to say ‘ You should n't have made yourself ill like that ’ , on the authority of the ‘ You do n't want to be sick ’ of the practical syllogism interpreted as ‘ Do n't get sick ’ . |
| 2 | You must have spilt more juice than I wiped up . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | I think perhaps you should have paid more attention to Chapter 85 in your instruction manual . |
| 5 | ‘ Mr. Paris , you should have left more time . |
| 6 | Sixty two only , you know , not that long after the War had ended and to the lament that nobody got killed you know you might have had more chances e of success if they had all got killed . |
| 7 | Erm also the accountant you could 've tried to of got round because you were , you were digging the hole there erm you know where he 's , okay he wants to see the accountant , will this be a good idea I mean you could 've said yeah you know you appreciate that and all the rest of it and you could 've gone more into the tax side of where you , you know , you could 've perhaps er the company could 've benefited by putting some into the pension scheme as opposed erm paying all the taxes maybe you could 've gone in that way . |
| 8 | You could have got more information Paul ! |
| 9 | From a writer who edited Elle in its snazziest phase you would have expected more nous . |
| 10 | Erm I suppose got here a bit later you would have had more time to sort this lot out . |