Example sentences of "[pers pn] should [verb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went past this woman 's door , her name was Emily , and it was like I was passing a huge vulva , so big it has a desk inside , and I decided that what I should do is make an actual photocopy of my dick , in fact two copies , one before coming , one after , and leave these , along with an asterisk memo , on her desk . ’ |
| 2 | What I should do is take the first one tonight . |
| 3 | There 's your job the first thing I should do is say well what are the key tasks , what are the areas that would mean results ? |
| 4 | And that I should think is a source of this . |
| 5 | That 's all that sherry you had last night I should think is n't it ? |
| 6 | Yes and cold and , well the damp I should think is |
| 7 | One thing I should mention is that you 'd be advised to try and view these videos on a stereo VCR , as many of the recorded examples — panning , for example — are pretty meaningless otherwise . |
| 8 | They do n't look — I mean , there was , or I should say is , I suppose , nothing like this in the twenty-fifth century . |
| 9 | What you should avoid is a board with a very wide square tail . |
| 10 | One thing that you should avoid is to give toy horns out at tea and then find the poor entertainer is facing a barrage of noise . |
| 11 | The first thing that you should examine is the time out value set up in your PostScript printer driver . |
| 12 | The oak will certainly be removing many nutrients from the soil so the first thing you should do is dig the area over well and incorporate plenty of organic matter such as well-rotted manure , garden compost , leaf mould or peat . |
| 13 | The first thing you should do is write down clearly everything you want . |
| 14 | Coronary risk factors are multiplicative , not additive , so if you already have one or two unavoidable risk factors , the last thing you should do is assume that the sword of Damocles is irrevocably poised above you and reach for another cigarette . |
| 15 | ‘ What you should do is simply stand on your feet and make sure you do n't commit yourself . |
| 16 | The last thing you should do is go on a spending spree at the end of the year to justify this year 's budget and enhance next year 's . |
| 17 | All it says is if you do buy something from a shop and realize it 's faulty , what you should do is take it back to the shop who sold it to you , together with your receipt if you 've still got it or some other proof of purchase . |
| 18 | One context in which it makes a difference is when you refer to a text by page or line number ; different versions are often different in this respect , so the least you should do is tell your reader which edition you are referring to ( which publisher , editor , etc . ) . |
| 19 | The first thing you should do is to prepare a breakdown . |
| 20 | Though what you should do is , is , just walk up to the ball , that line through there . |
| 21 | They can , what you should do is just drop the ladder in out , in the inside that 's all . |
| 22 | What you should do is erm |
| 23 | You 've got an order , try and , try and , what you should do is , you see some time we should sit and list them , right , you know you 've got an order form closed |
| 24 | No what , perhaps what you should do is |
| 25 | What you should do is tag them when they come in . |
| 26 | The maximum you should pay is 48p for a minute ; I 've checked it and I can place a concisely worded advert in about 45 seconds , and at cheap rate that works out at 27p . |
| 27 | OK , it sounds decidedly dumb , but one glaringly obvious thing you should check is whether your machine 's ‘ turbo ’ button has been pressed . |
| 28 | Whereas the least you should expect is that any type of funding should be tailor-made for you . |
| 29 | What you should recognize is that it is a warning sign that you have been doing too much , and that you need to get away from the patient , at least for short periods in the day , if not for some days or weeks . |
| 30 | When you are looking for insurance cover or considering the renewal of an existing policy the first thing you should consider is who to insure through . |