Example sentences of "should [not/n't] [vb infin] [verb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 We should not want to go slower than 1/200th second because of camera movement and , for a bright day , f8 at 1/200th with ASA 200 rated film will give a result .
2 Maxton led the opposition to this view , claiming not that the Party should disaffiliate immediately , but that it should not hesitate to do so if its freedom to advocate the Socialism in Our Time policy were limited .
3 You and the patient may be anxious for him to be independent , but he should not try to move about or do things alone before he is ready .
4 It is also important to ensure that the tenant should not have to redecorate more than once in any one year and that while there is no objection to paints and materials being of " good quality " they should not be of the " best " quality .
5 Oblivious should not have tacked here since he loses out to Smart .
6 Since then I 've often wondered whether I should n't have gone ahead and simply presented him with the bill .
7 The sales rep should n't have called on because that 's , that 's a
8 ‘ I should n't have said so if I was n't . ’
9 Somebody was looking after me cos I should n't have got out and I did .
10 But what I say is — if you did n't want the benefit of my second-hand wisdom , you should n't have put down that Dr Ruth book , which taught you how to make love with one foot on the shag-pile and the other in Sainsbury 's , in favour of this one .
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