Example sentences of "[modal v] be [v-ing] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Really , Emily should be training this girl up and delegating more . |
| 2 | And , you should be taping this . |
| 3 | ‘ My dearest darling , I do n't know whether I should be writing this to you , but I still think of you every day of my life , first thing when I wake up and last thing before I go to sleep . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you think ’ , Quigley said to her , ‘ that the little bloke should be watching this … ? ’ |
| 5 | It says it has 100 orders for the systems , nine models of the HP 3000 and HP 9000 lines ; a handful of the new 3000s went out in August ; the first 9000s should be shipping this month . |
| 6 | I it does n't speak very highly if I may say so Group Captain , for R A F discipline if what you 're telling me and telling the committee that you think that pilots should be using this facility , would be using this facility when they 're ordered not to . |
| 7 | She supposed wearily that she should be hoping this last thing would still happen , should be making it happen if it did n't happen on its own , but she knew that however hopeless this love for him was , it was the most precious and valuable thing she had ever experienced . |
| 8 | I mean , Kathy Freeman should be getting this promotion , should n't she ? ’ |
| 9 | I believe , however , that the National Health Service should be providing this service . |
| 10 | It really did n't seem fair that life should be throwing this at her all at once . |
| 11 | But it 's ever so easy for somebody to sit at home and say well you should be doing this and you should be doing that |
| 12 | She did not understand why they should be doing this and her failure to understand reminded her of something . |
| 13 | then we 've got our own medical people or specialists we would call in , to say , talk to the client 's specialist , please , between the two of you agree that we should be paying this claim or not . |
| 14 | Precisely here , where we should be asking this key diagnostic question , we are getting the fuzziest answers . |
| 15 | That is not the way that we should be running this council . |
| 16 | The Christmas speech the Queen should be making this year . |
| 17 | The NME should be covering this . ’ |
| 18 | He is now a nationalised Frenchman and it is a fitting tribute that EMI France should be releasing this extraordinary set of CDs , a tribute to one of the most commanding piano technicians since recording the instrument began . |
| 19 | No , I swapped erm , I should be working this weekend but |
| 20 | Let us remind the Labour Party that they should be attacking this useless Tory government , not supporting them , not voting with them , not supporting them by abstaining when necessary we 'll never get power that way ! |
| 21 | the twentieth week you 're saying I should be starting this for January term ? |
| 22 | Then she spoke , ‘ You must be enjoying this war , ’ she said . |
| 23 | And she repeated , ‘ I said , you must be enjoying this war . ’ |
| 24 | We had discussed this business of how people 's appearance literally alters in the eyes of their lovers , and suddenly I blushed , for it seemed to me he must be remembering this too , and that we must be looking for the same thing , as one might take down an old book in a moment of hungry nostalgia and start to re-read , hoping it may provide the same remembered enchantment as before . |
| 25 | Pioneer must be assuming this trend is going to continue for some time ; its Wakefield plant does not go fully on line until 1994 . |
| 26 | SHOPS across the North-East must be contemplating this coming Saturday with dread . |
| 27 | And what would you say to a fourteen year old girl who might be watching this who might think of doing the same thing ? |
| 28 | Any ideas what might be causing this ? |
| 29 | Some participants on EA have requested that they carry on after their 12 months course finishes , only to be told they ca n't as that might be using this to avoid looking for full time employment . |
| 30 | Her face reflecting her disgust , and horror as she stared at the other woman , Ellie turned to glance at Feargal to see how he might be taking this insulting piece of arrant mischief-making , and was astonished to see that he looked not angry , but almost sad . |