Example sentences of "they should have [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They should have given Gary a chance . |
| 2 | They should have flown north in March , but perhaps they were n't paying attention when the others left , maybe deep in conversation or looking the other way . |
| 3 | They should have asked Mr Bill Wyman , even though he 's left the band . |
| 4 | If you ask me , they should have incorporated Catharism into their own theology , it would have filled in a lot of holes … ’ |
| 5 | As one wag put it , as it was the opening of the toilets , perhaps they should have invited Lou Macari . |
| 6 | They tended to face north and west when they should have faced south and east , because they were there to be looked at , not to be looked from , and the windows of the mansion faced in the contrary direction . |
| 7 | No doubt it will be said that the British public have said chemist when they should have said pharmacist for so long that it would be impossible to change , but the obvious answer to that is that decimalisation presented little problem . |
| 8 | Government deregulation has exposed previously protected service industries to competition and forced managers to make the job cuts they should have made years ago . |
| 9 | And when they opened the Ark they should have discovered Moses in it but they did n't because it was and there we are . |
| 10 | They should have slaughtered Honved but ended up with only 1 goal in it . |
| 11 | But they should have used ethylene glycol and not water since the bumpouses were a very very new phenomenon and the little bumpouses melted and formed an impenetrable crust in that area which , from that time forth , served to remind the silly , pea-brained man species that new thinking is needed for new times . |
| 12 | They should have taken account of all representations and consulted adequately . |
| 13 | If traffic lights are used they should have embedded loops to detect approaching cyclists and should give them longer green phases . |
| 14 | Maybe they should have had foresight and er this would n't have happened at Bilsthorpe . |