Example sentences of "[vb past] that [pron] should [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ About 18 months later , my mother joked that we should open to the public .
2 At the end of that period , in May 1943 , Hugh Wilson , who was in charge of the Rangoon diocese , Bishop West being in the USA recovering from a severe motor accident , agreed that we should move to Simla so that I might maintain liaison with the Burma Government-in-exile that had made its headquarters there .
3 We did not rule on the applications at the time , as they were opposed by Mr. Munby , for the foster mother , but he agreed that we should look at the evidence de bene esse and make our ruling as part of our judgment .
4 The Cabinet discussed the matter this morning , and the whole House may care to listen to the message that the Cabinet agreed to send Her Majesty : ’ At the Cabinet meeting today , Your Majesty 's Ministers agreed that I should convey to Your Majesty our warmest good wishes on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Your Accession to the Throne .
5 However , she was devoted to her more unconventional father , who agreed that she should go to art school , and in 1910 she became a student under Henry Tonks [ q.v. ] at the Slade School of Art .
6 The age of consent was considered by the Policy Advisory Committee which recommended that it should remain at 16 .
7 The Lord wonderfully provided for me to visit the country in March 1990 and later that year He revealed that I should prepare for service among Albanians .
8 The other radicals who were present argued that they should join with the eleven newly elected people , ‘ reasoning that since we held the initiative we would be able to force the pace , drag some of them along in our wake and force the others quickly to resign ’ .
9 Shiona struggled for breath , appalled that she should react like this .
10 Many experts , he said , believed that we should aim for a smaller , more concentrated and more efficient network .
11 Mr Brandt , who was mayor of West Berlin 28 years ago when East Berlin put up the Wall and who stood next to Mr Kennedy during his famous speech , said the barbed wire and wall were ‘ against the flow of history ’ , but added that it should remain as an ‘ an historical monstrosity ’ .
12 A stout woman , whom Petion had spoken to a moment ago , indicated that they should sit on the scraggy cushions situated around the walls .
13 I could hear the salvoes going over as Taff got into his trench and indicated that I should get into mine .
14 Nancy then arranged that I should go to ‘ Hastings House , ’ the house of my Aunt Margaret .
15 Spike decided that they should continue on foot .
16 They decided that they should go to work as no more news could be expected yet and Maureen hurried first to see Sarah .
17 As they had hurried their game up in response to the warning , the referee decided that they should go through Kyle and O'Grady .
18 Oh , Rachel and I were both naïve when we decided that I should go with him .
19 Because of this , a Marxist theoretical construction of the social system implied that one should start by ignoring people 's beliefs and ideas and by looking at who produces what and who gets what is produced .
20 Advocating the ban , Gummer stressed that it should apply to EC vessels wherever they operated , not merely in EC waters .
21 Deep down she knew that she should apologise for what she had said , but she 'd had enough today to last her a lifetime !
22 Experienced volunteers thought that they should help with in-bureau tutoring ; among the few who knew what social policy work was , there were some who wanted to take more part in it and others who wanted more time to read in order to keep up to date .
23 Theo insisted that he should concentrate on improving his life — whatever that meant — and that he seemed intent on doing the opposite .
24 Gradually the fever subsided and all the skin peeled from her body , but her limbs were very stiff and the doctor insisted that she should stay in bed , lying flat as far as possible .
25 My hon. Friend the Member for Northampton , North ( Mr. Marlow ) said that we should refer to ’ car hooliganism ’ , which is another exceptionally good phrase .
26 He said that we should travel in pairs — never more than two at a time — so as not to arouse suspicion if we met any Germans or Fascists .
27 When this happened you said that I should call on the spirit of the wood .
28 ‘ Sulaiman said that I should write to the WBC .
29 But in any case , her prominence in the preparations for the 5 October march , and her leading part in it , did not mean that she intended that it should lead to a violent outcome , and the mere fact of her CPNI membership can not be taken as evidence for the existence of a violent conspiracy .
30 But I do n't think Mr Drennan … ’ he shot a quick look in Malachi 's direction , before turning a sympathetic face to Bull O'Malley ‘ I do n't think Mr Drennan intended that he should ask for your daughter and expect you to make a decision on the spur of the moment .
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