Example sentences of "[pers pn] should [verb] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed most impressed , and said that I should meet her boyfriend who was looking for a bass player , and so I joined his jazz-rock band back in 1973 and we did some touring in Britain . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , maybe I should phone her mother . ’ |
| 3 | At first I had suggested that I should keep her company but she dismissed the idea at once : ‘ I am not a child , and I refuse to be treated as one ’ , and I guessed she wanted to be alone rather as a young girl might who sets out to post an imaginary letter , hoping to meet on the way the person for whom she has made herself beautiful . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps I should get her permission . ’ |
| 5 | I know , you should see her hair . |
| 6 | You should see her portfolio . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You should see her symbol , Jez ! |
| 8 | That was the trouble really — you should see her house . |
| 9 | You should taste her mince pies ! |
| 10 | The emperor pronounced that a trust was due on these words as if , by prohibiting her from making a will , he had requested that she should make her brother heir : the wording is to be treated as if he had asked her to make over his estate . |
| 11 | As an example of the first , changes dependent on effects of atmosphere or mood within a play , I would instance the way in which , in Measure for Measure , the Duke , in his disguise as a Friar , intervenes at the point where Isabella , realizing that Claudio is not wholly willing to die so that she should retain her chastity , collapses into hysterical abuse . |
| 12 | Diana regularly asked her flatmates for advice on how she should conduct her romance . |
| 13 | ( II.iv.42 ) — but proceeds to proposition her with a debased contract , that she should exchange her chastity for her brother 's life . |
| 14 | When she turned , there was no one , but she hurried on , though she no longer knew what she should do , what she should tell her sister , if she should report this request for an assignation somewhere more secret than a church , more private than a byre . |
| 15 | Now that she was face to face with Bridget , her mind was fully engaged in a debate as to how much she should tell her friend about events in Paris . |
| 16 | She discussed the problem with Tom but he suggested she should bide her time , adding , ‘ The navvies will have finished the road by the time Anna 's wedding comes around . |
| 17 | That she should hand her notice in so suddenly ! |
| 18 | He knew what he was asking of her — that she should place her grandfather in his hands . |
| 19 | She swallowed and wondered if she should pull her hand away , but as Jake continued to hold it against his cheek , watching her with eyes that suddenly threatened to swallow her , she was aware that all at once her hand had become paralysed . |
| 20 | She tried to decide whether she should swallow her pride and tell John how she felt or whether to just go on and hope for the best . |
| 21 | Mrs Fellows was told that she could go home but that she should continue her leg exercises and avoid standing in one position for long periods . |
| 22 | Why was she making excuses anyway ? she scoffed , as a flick of a glance to the small and feminine watch on her wrist showed she should leave her room to be ready to go down for when the taxi arrived . |
| 23 | Alida Thorne wiped away the tears with the back of her soft hand , only wanting to be taken to bed , like a child , and soothed , to have someone decide and make arrangements , tell her that all would be well , she should have her way . |
| 24 | Perhaps she should put her money where her mouth was and forget all about him : if she concentrated hard enough , she could work herself up to not caring about him — perhaps . |
| 25 | ‘ She should acknowledge her fault . ’ |
| 26 | Unless a woman has evidence of rubella immunisation or a positive blood test , she should ask her doctor to do a blood test . |
| 27 | ‘ She should lose her scholarship for that . ’ |
| 28 | She should save her pity for herself . |
| 29 | This left her asking herself how she should direct her success and what her responsibilities to society were . |
| 30 | The idea that she should risk her future by dwelling in the past , raking over the cooling embers of his life in order to discover who killed him and why would have enraged him . |