Example sentences of "should have been [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should have been cooler in the hills , but if anything , Lindsey thought drowsily , the heat was becoming even more intense with barely a breeze to relieve it . |
| 2 | Yet it should have been better for , needing only to hit the 18th green with a sand wedge he went into a bunker , failed to get up and down and ended with a bogey five . |
| 3 | around about it , like whether we liked it or not , whether he was , it was a good thing to have had it , we should have been better not to have had it with the situation at the time , you know , that kind of mulling over might be |
| 4 | He 'd probably say that their wages should have been lower ! ’ |
| 5 | Allan Levy , co-author of the Pin-down report , said the guidance should have been clearer . |
| 6 | Since death rates also declined , and therefore more people were surviving into middle and old age , it is evident that population increases should have been higher . |
| 7 | The victim 's father said the fine should have been bigger . |
| 8 | But if you ask me , mate , the choice of colour Is scarcely right ; this red should have been duller . |
| 9 | ‘ I know I should have been stronger , Lachlan . |
| 10 | At two and a quarter hours it will test the bladder control of the average child , and some scenes could and should have been shorter . |
| 11 | Even if Shilton , inevitably cautious in his 41st year , is now most likely to be found out by teasing centres ( never mind the ‘ hand of God ’ , he should have been quicker , more positively to the ball than Diego Maradona in Mexico four years ago ) , his reliable and spectacular shot-stopping in Poland emphasised glaring inadequacies stemming from the grossly misguided philosophy that continues to gain ground in the Football League . |
| 12 | This is a step towards justice though TODAY believes that her sentence should have been longer still . |
| 13 | Then on the second day , when the pitch should have been easier , only Richards , with 51 , looked convincing and the last eight wickets fell steadily . |