Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your hands should be under your thighs . |
| 2 | Ministers stopped the force contributing to this article , which suggests they are not as confident as they should be about its achievements . |
| 3 | I checked my watch as I dialled : 9.15 , which meant the admin shift should be into their first tea-break by now . |
| 4 | It should be over her head . |
| 5 | At least one period should be outside their home country . |
| 6 | It read : ‘ Should be off my case and home in six days . |
| 7 | ‘ Well ’ — he pursed his lips — ‘ I sometimes think you should be for your own good . |
| 8 | I 've , yeah I know , but it 's just some days you , I know , I see what you mean , talking about that , but at the end it is for your children anyway , cos you know , that money should be for your children and if you have worked and you put the money away for them anyway , you 've paid your taxes and things . |
| 9 | So what I 'm suggesting is that A is in fact your address and telephone section , B should be for your goals , and strategic plans , C , D , E , and F , er , would be for your specific functional areas . |
| 10 | Snizort , on his own account , offered the Twelve Knights who had sat at a round table so that no one of them should be at its head and no one at its foot . |
| 11 | Whatever one 's political view of them , if the privatization proposals made any sense then prices being kept down by competition should be at their heart . |
| 12 | It is not surprising that many give up fishing at an age when they should be at their peak , with a true set of values and the all too rare ability to enjoy themselves even when fish are not being very cooperative . |
| 13 | England batted badly in both games but this time the players should be at their tour peak . |
| 14 | So the Collector had arranged that the giant Sikh , Hookum Singh , should be at his side in the most central part of the Residency ready to wield the Church bell which had been toppled from its tower earlier in the siege and which only he was strong enough to lift . |
| 15 | ( The addresses of under sheriffs are in the Law List , which should be at your local reference library ) . |
| 16 | With the Sun now passing through the independent sign of Aries and over the mid-heaven point of your solar chart , you should be at your most outgoing , ambitious and not unduly concerned if a major alteration takes place in the working pattern of your life . |
| 17 | The supply ship should be on its way , it should be arriving within a month , if the news had reached London safely . |
| 18 | The debate has continued ever since on whether the main emphasis should be on their economic or their social role . |
| 19 | It is impossible for us to know exactly what circumstances combine to bring these extreme rarities to the islands : after breeding in north-eastern Siberia , they should be on their way to Manchuria for the winter . |
| 20 | Apparently they should be on their way because Nottingham was er |
| 21 | On that ground alone they should be on their guard against accepting any of the glib answers that have so far been put forward either by theologians or philosophers or biologists or even fellow anthropologists . |
| 22 | People should be on their guard . ’ |
| 23 | And although the police say that crimes against motorists are still relatively rare , all drivers should be on their guard . |
| 24 | If you think it should be on my conscience that I take advantage of her ignorance , then it is only fair that I should tell you she has , in the past , been unfaithful to me . ’ |
| 25 | It 's a long drive back to London , so perhaps we should be on our way . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We really should be on our way , madam , ’ Dauntless said , with a stiff bow . |
| 27 | If views are enough to satisfy watery aspirations , the Somerset coastline should be on your list . |
| 28 | Maybe you should be on your way . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't think you should be on your own , ’ she said in what she hoped was a calming voice . |
| 30 | Sainham Farm itself should be on your left . |