Example sentences of "[prep] right [pers pn] should have " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ By rights they should have been made on Stir-up Sunday , only I was too busy . |
| 2 | ‘ By rights I should have had compensation , but the firm argued that he was a freelance , working on contract , and their lawyers wriggled out of it . |
| 3 | Now the burglar alarm 's probably the , the biggest thing , but we ca n't all afford the , I mean I have n't got one and I 'm a crime prevention officer , I mean by rights I should have one but I have n't . |
| 4 | By rights she should have been exhausted , but not a bit of it . |
| 5 | It was ridiculous , of course ; by rights she should have been perfectly happy to throw on any old thing , the more unflattering the better , since the whole purpose of the exercise was to convince Dane she did n't want him . |
| 6 | By rights she should have remained there all her life , marrying one of the village lads , or a local farmer , and raising a parcel of kids , just as her mother and grandmother and goodness knows how many other generations had done before her . ’ |