Example sentences of "[conj] i should do " in BNC.
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| 1 | For let me tell you something : I 've respected myself far more for doing cleaning jobs well than for doing teaching jobs badly — and it is entirely appropriate that I should do so . |
| 2 | But the actual letter survives and only a mind predisposed to suspect the sender could think it pompous : ‘ After the most careful consideration I have decided , if you are willing that I should do so , to recommend your name for the succession to the see of Durham . ’ |
| 3 | What are the five main things that I should do ( objectives ) ? |
| 4 | At the time I was in the throes of training Dawn and it seemed obvious that I should do my talk on the owl . |
| 5 | If , she said to herself , writing Marjorie Richardson and Lady Mayhew and Miss Dunstable down for Easter lilies , if I do everything in the parish that I should do , and I keep the garden going and the meals and the house ( sort of ) and the translation , then where can be the harm in doing this other undeniably humble little thing that so curiously makes me feel strong and alive ? |
| 6 | ‘ I knew J B Priestley a bit and he once suggested to me that I should do what he did in the Thirties , which was to take a trip around Britain talking to people . |
| 7 | But he urged on me that it was the Prime Minister 's particular wish that I should do anything I could to prevent its publication . |
| 8 | And it does n't appeal to me but I know that I should do it . |
| 9 | ‘ She told me she always put the most beautiful girls next to Bernard when setting the table for a party , and that I should do the same , because you want to give the best to the man you love . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Are you suggesting that I should do it for you ? ’ she queried sweetly . |
| 11 | ‘ But you 'd prefer that I should do so ? ’ she persisted . |
| 12 | Does it confuse you that I should do the talking and you the listening ? |
| 13 | Q Please cold you tell if I should do anything else other than wash earthworms before feeding them to my fish ? |
| 14 | But I should do each one as you come to it . |
| 15 | The other thing I 'm wondering whether I should do the Petroline order which in fact flew on its first leg to Rome yesterday . |
| 16 | As I should do . |
| 17 | However , I do love him and do n't want to lose him so I feel as though I should do what he says . |