Example sentences of "[pers pn] should [not/n't] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward , tired of the rules , encouraged by something in her voice , replied : ‘ If I were a gentleman , I should not be telephoning . |
| 2 | I should not be pressuring her in this way . |
| 3 | I should not be doing this . |
| 4 | He made me give him Celia 's address , and he wrote to her and said I should not be working and living alone at my age . |
| 5 | ‘ I should n't be touching you either , but , dear God , I think I must . ’ |
| 6 | I should n't be looking for confirmation , outside myself , I mean . ’ |
| 7 | So on one of these , I should n't be looking at that one , that 's what threw me cos first of all I did n't know you had n't got any income and then I turned that over and that was the previous policy where you were a veterinary surgeon with eighteen thousand , I thought I 'm sure that 's not right |
| 8 | then it 's a national account , but in terms of the guy not seeing anybody we went to him to sort out what was going on and she must have come away there from with all the sites and said I should n't be dealing with this , it 's a national account , it 's the national account and that 's when I said you must pass it over to then |
| 9 | ‘ Actually , I should n't be telling you yet , but as your wife came to the station saying how worried you were I thought I 'd call in and tell you . |
| 10 | And then there I was yelling at them , and it was n't anything they did , it 's not their fault what I did , and I feel so guilty towards them , I should n't be shouting at them . ’ |
| 11 | I should n't be taking |
| 12 | But to be honest I should n't be eating that sort of thing anyway , so |
| 13 | And I 'm eating all the stuff I should n't be eating ! |
| 14 | Crilly reminds me that I 'm American too , and just because I know a few words of British slang , I should n't be getting airs about myself . |
| 15 | The staff here maybe I should be I should n't be saying this the staff are finding it very difficult I mean what I 'm trying to say is for goodness sake eyes should be opened . |
| 16 | Sorry I should n't be saying because I was Incidentally , I did n't say to you that when they transcribe it , if a name comes up they , they just write erm do you want a cup of tea , name ? |
| 17 | Some years later I was at dinner with Brian Huggett and he got up and said , ‘ I should n't be talking to this man because he robbed me of the British Open . |
| 18 | ‘ I should n't be talking to you like this when you 're worried about your sister and I 'm only her friend . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ If I knew how I meant I should n't be asking you to design it , because that 's what design is , knowing how you mean . |
| 20 | I knew as I was doing it that I should n't be following them , through the snake-laced paths to the river in the moonlight , to the broken house with the pigeon tower : that shame would be the result — my shame , for I cared nothing what their feelings might be . |
| 21 | I appreciate I should n't be spending my time up a ladder , |
| 22 | She says I should n't be treating it as a doll 's house , a playing place when I 'm young . ’ |
| 23 | My social worker says that I should n't be gettin' high , because it damages the immune system . |
| 24 | ‘ I should n't be doing this ! ’ |
| 25 | I 'm in the middle of a government grant on my house and by the time I get that together and spending money , which I should n't be doing , on junk , y'know , and I want to start a family and that , y'know , and try and be respectable , but it just does n't seem to be available under this health service , this National Health Service , although I do know people who have it prescribed . |
| 26 | I should n't be doing this . |
| 27 | ‘ I should n't be doing this , ’ Dougal said . |
| 28 | ‘ I should n't be doing this to you , ’ he growled at last . |
| 29 | I should n't be doing this . |
| 30 | I know I should n't be doing this , but still I do it . |