Example sentences of "[vb mod] [noun] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Why should Nigel hurt her ?
2 ‘ So why should Simon tell me that you were three months pregnant by him ? ’
3 ‘ Why should Nails say anything ? ’
4 So should psychoanalysis do anything to undermine people 's religious beliefs ?
5 ‘ Why should Vechey kill himself ? ’ he asked .
6 ‘ She could not say nay ; and she must needs do his bidding ; and yet she would not have done it for all this world .
7 Thereby did the diabolical Powers seek to mutate the substance of the universe and to destroy Man 's far-flung yet ultimately frail empire of sanity — a sanity that must needs defend itself with unrelenting savagery …
8 The one safe stronghold left in Other world and you must needs breach it ! ’
9 ‘ Why should terrorists care what it looks like — as long as they get their money , or whatever they 're after ? ’
10 Should Michelle tell them to bring him over ? ’
11 In addition , should Aegon increase its stake to 80 per cent , the possibility of closing the with-profits fund altogether becomes a serious one .
12 Now why all of a sudden should Graham want him in his office ?
13 ‘ There 's still money available should Trevor need it . ’
14 That overdraft has resulted from club record spending by Francis but chairman Dave Richards said : ‘ There 's still money available should Trevor need it . ’
15 But why should taxpayers finance it ?
16 So why should Jesus rebuke them ?
17 Which Lucy knew , so why should Jay remind her .
18 Why should Billy put himself at risk for the sake of his hereditary enemies , whether he 'd helped to bring them up or not ?
19 He had never wanted her to be given in marriage to Dom João , and had seen that gentleman 's non-arrival as a good way of calling off the match should Sara wish it .
20 The parents should react calmly and lovingly as normal but under no circumstances should children gain their demands through deliberately having a tantrum .
21 Should couples discuss their desires and if so why ?
22 Why should women believe anything that the Government say ?
23 The joint chiefs of staff reviewed the role of Japan in defence policy and recommended to James Forrestal , the Secretary of Defense , on 1 March 1949 that in consequence of the serious world crisis and the probability of this crisis deepening , appropriate measures should be taken at an early date so that the ‘ military potential ’ of Japan could be utilised should events warrant it .
24 Not only may viruses incorporate themselves into our DNA , but there is now a suggestion that some viruses at least may have arisen from bits of our own DNA which have escaped from our cells and become so modified as to be capable of independent existence .
25 What might schools ask me to do ?
26 You 'll think it 'll float do you ?
27 you 'll think it 'll sink do you ?
28 ‘ As she uses you , she trusts , so may Glendower use her brother Edmund , who is also a prisoner . ’
29 How could Lisa know him so well , when she herself had been so naïvely blind ?
30 How soon could Kirov get his bird off the ground , do you think ? ’
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