Example sentences of "we should have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We trained on an artificial pitch for two days this week and we should have done a lot better . ’ |
| 2 | We scored an away goal and then two at home , and I feel perhaps we should have done a bit better . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We scored an away goal and two at home and I feel we should have done a bit better . |
| 4 | ‘ I suppose that 's when we should have called a halt , but now I do n't know how either of us could bear it . ’ |
| 5 | Secondly , we should have made a moral commitment to the single currency . |
| 6 | Perhaps we should have written a chapter explaining our reactions to critics such as Brian Doyle or to books such as Terry Eagleton 's Criticism and Ideology ( 1976 ) , but I doubt whether the Working Group would have easily reached agreement . |
| 7 | I wondered if we should have taken a cab . |
| 8 | We should have taken a taxi , thought Mrs Grandison unhappily as she and Lady Selvedge , jostled by crowds , hurried down the passage leading to the northbound Bakerloo trains . |
| 9 | Francis said : ‘ We should have had a number of free-kicks in dangerous areas that could have produced things but they were n't given . ’ |
| 10 | Just like to , we should have had a little bit of discussion there but we 're moving quickly . |
| 11 | We should have had a general election last Thursday , rather than three by-elections . |
| 12 | Anyone who considers what has happened with regard to the sugar and milk quotas or to anything else about which we felt that we should have had a different package but could not achieve it will be aware of how dangerous it is to allow the negotiations to proceed quickly when a longer discussion might result in a better solution . |
| 13 | My worry about the half is that we should have had a few goals in , rather than just the one . |
| 14 | He was in effect doing nothing … so even retaining the formation we should have had a midfielder in his postion . |
| 15 | ‘ We created a host of chances and got one goal against Peterborough , when maybe we should have had a hatful . |
| 16 | ‘ We created a host of chances and got one goal when maybe we should have had a hatful . |
| 17 | We should have had a time , we 'd of had to go home ! |
| 18 | ‘ In the old days we should have thrown a guinea-fowl or a few warthog piglets in , too . |
| 19 | I told you we should have ordered a pizza . ’ |