Example sentences of "should have been [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The arguaments over the truth of the book and whether it should have been made public will rage for some time to come . |
| 2 | She should have been sharing breakfast with Kelly right now , laughing and chatting , catching up on all that had been happening over the past few months . |
| 3 | Second , they should have been using heroin regularly for a period of at least two years . |
| 4 | But I think that if it had been , the horses should have been showing distress by last night , which they were n't . |
| 5 | When the Lions should have been exerting control from a position of 31–3 ahead with 28 minutes left , it was Southland who did the scoring and the Lions ' only score in that final period was a drop goal from Tony Clement . |
| 6 | We should have been putting money by for a rainy day because that rainy day came . |
| 7 | This presumably posed a risk to airline uniforms ; was likely to distract passengers ( the male ones at any rate ) at a time when they should have been paying attention to the cabin staff for rather different reasons ; and carried the ultimate danger of the implant exploding . |
| 8 | I suppose I should have been paying attention to the old artist , when he was telling me that the thing had to be carried in near-vacuum with traces of helium and neon but definitely no oxygen , which would destroy it . |
| 9 | We should have been running south ! ’ |
| 10 | Why this should have been thought evidence of scurrility was known only to Joyce ‘ s peculiar logic . |
| 11 | ’ He should have been voted broadcaster of the year . |