Examples of 'what it should have' in a sentence

Meaning of "what it should have"

The phrase 'what it should have' is typically used when discussing a situation where something is lacking or missing certain qualities or features that are expected or desired. It implies that there is a standard or expectation of what should be present, but it is not currently met

How to use "what it should have" in a sentence

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what it should have
The film was not what it should have been.
Like what it should have been from the beginning.
It certainly has not done what it should have done.
Public what it should have seen a year before.
If the intelligence had been what it should have been.
I miss what it should have been.
Rather disappointing compared to what it should have been.
But below what it should have been worth.
But my reaction to it was beyond what it should have been.
Not what it should have been.
My iron was half of what it should have been.
What it should have learned from eating dirt growing up.
Finally doing what it should have done.
The chlorine content in that water was six times what it should have been.
And far under what it should have been worth.

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Unfortunately attendance was not always what it should have been.
Short of what it should have been.
State has fallen short of what it should have.
Below what it should have been.
This is compared to what it should have.
I miss what it should have been. I miss what it will become should we be successful.
That last wreck did not bring in what it should have.
Gox was not what it should have been.
I told him the last haul did not fetch a quarter of what it should have done.
And he says what it should have been.
This distance has made me realize our marriage was never what it should have been.
I am saying what it should have done.
I'm sure PBR can tell you exactly what it should have.
The factory made her what it should have stopped making about halfway through.
Results for the same query to see what it should have done.
But below what it should have been worth. So I accepted it.
I apologize I sent one photo of something other than what it should have been mistake.
But I know what it should have said.
And what we hope it will be. It will be what it should have been.
That 's what it should have said.
Well, it certainly has not done what it should have done.
That 's what it should have been called.
I do not think your laugh was … is what it should have been.
What it should have been is “ building a strong country for everyone ”.
Teaching his immune system what it should have learned from eating dirt growing up.
Do not worry, I will leave the money behind for what it should have cost.
I think New York did what it should have done in that situation.
Tsk, tsk, tsk . Well, it certainly has not done what it should have done.
This means it didn't do what it should have done before issuing permits.
Maastricht, in my view, has failed to achieve what it should have in this respect.
That's what it should have been called. Believe me, when they called it that.
The Bill does not cover what it should have covered.
It was doing what it should have done 200 years ago.
We are turning this hot, dusty wasteland into what it should have been all along.
By comparison to what it should have been, it 's a disaster, ” wrote The Guardian 's George Monbiot.

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