Example sentences of "you [vb mod] have [been] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even allowing for the journey from the airport , you ought to have been here long before now . |
| 2 | 15a ‘ You ought to have been more careful . |
| 3 | ‘ You ought to have been more careful if you did n't want to marry him ! ’ |
| 4 | you , you must 've been there ten years plus . |
| 5 | Everybody says , ‘ Oh , you won £44,000 in the world championships , you must 've been really pleased with that , ’ but it 's not just the money , it 's being able to pick up the trophy at the end — that 's the nice thing . |
| 6 | And marriage , I should have thought , is a false step you must have been well warned against . |
| 7 | ‘ You must have been so relieved when Ross turned up and it was all sorted out . ’ |
| 8 | " You must have been really excited , " said She-She quietly , as she started plucking tissues from the box . |
| 9 | You must have been very surprised that you were n't pro |
| 10 | I would think if you were n't , you must have been very nearly . |
| 11 | You must have been very angry when Sheldrake got in first — no wonder you hate him . ’ |
| 12 | But you must have been sufficiently curious to check it out on a map . |
| 13 | Mr Loveitt checked with the papers lying on his desk , allowing the small task to take longer than necessary , before asking sharply : ‘ If you know that , then you must have been there . |
| 14 | ‘ I should like that very much , but you must have been there many times before . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Kiwis are nocturnal birds — so that means you must have been there at night . |
| 16 | I ca n't imagine why you 're refusing to acknowledge it , but there 's no denying you must have been there . ’ |
| 17 | You should 've been here yesterday fore . |
| 18 | You should have been above it . |
| 19 | It was twenty to eleven when you said goodbye to Hatton and Pertwee and even walking none too fast you should have been indoors at home by eleven . |
| 20 | Irate boss to late arrival at Lloyd 's : ‘ You should have been here at nine o'clock . ’ |
| 21 | IRATE boss to late arrival at Lloyd 's : ‘ You should have been here at nine o'clock . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You should have been here . ’ |
| 23 | The best thing they could say about London was , ‘ you should have been here ten years ago ’ . |
| 24 | You should have been here early Kenton I missed your presence ! |
| 25 | ‘ You should have been here the day before yesterday … ’ they 'd said . |
| 26 | ‘ You should have been here last week , ’ Bob continues . |
| 27 | One day when the driver arrived at ten minutes past ten an angry customer berated him : ‘ You 're late , you should have been here ten minutes ago ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ In that case you should have been here a few hours ago . ’ |
| 29 | You should have been here with me tonight . ’ |
| 30 | Any ideas on that score swiftly evaporated , however , when his glance suddenly shot to hers , and she was on the receiving end of his piercing eyes as , ‘ According to this , you should have been here last Friday ! ’ he charged . |