Example sentences of "should have [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McGeechan reflected that Scotland probably should have scored three tries and there was some suspicion about the Scottish scrummage ( though preparation for the England game in that regard will not be as fraught as last week ) . |
| 2 | I have passed The Secrets of Speed Reading to my colleague and Booker judge Nicholas Clee , who by test 10 should have reached 1,050 words per minute . |
| 3 | This course equips you to skipper by day with some confidence , but you need previous experience ; you should have sailed 5 days on a yacht , with 4 hours night sailing and 100 miles logged . |
| 4 | pointed out that the meeting needed to grant an indulgence to waive the requirement that candidates for First and Second Vice Presidents should have served two years on a National Committee . |
| 5 | Oh well yes I should have done one word . |
| 6 | They should have waited two years more , Henry thought bitterly , until the people had come to hate me even more than they hated Richard . |
| 7 | ‘ I prayed that I would see you again , ’ he said , ‘ so I could ask the question I should have asked five years ago . |
| 8 | ‘ Ah , but I should have acted six years ago , I should have taken you then when you were vulnerable in your confusion — as I supposed — involved with a recently married man , presumably for the first time , and not knowing what it was you felt for me because you were so sure Jones was all you wanted . |
| 9 | The address for Antique Designs Ltd printed in the March issue should have read 277 Little Road , SW6 . |
| 10 | It should have read 300 years . |
| 11 | If I 'd been fourteen years old I should have commanded one shilling , but being only twelve and a half I got sixpence . |
| 12 | I have already mentioned the stipulation that before I could qualify for married status I should have passed two language exams . |
| 13 | One of the Liverpool goals was lucky , Deane should have had 3 penalties , the ref got a lot of stick from the Leeds fans , etc . |
| 14 | The members of the branch were indignant that the government should have planted two spies among them . |
| 15 | The journey from Marseilles to the Holy Land should have taken fifteen days . |
| 16 | Now the meeting , which should have taken ten minutes , was being dragged out to three-quarters of an hour . |