Example sentences of "i should [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a long silence before Ipuky continued , ‘ What is said about me should not concern you . |
| 2 | On the facts of this case it is not necessary for me to decide whether that view is right or wrong , and I should not decide it ; the point should be left open for full argument in a case where it is necessary to the decision . |
| 3 | ‘ But I should not want you to go back there at all , not until we are ready to disembark . |
| 4 | Is there any reason why I should not send you to prison for a very long time ’ |
| 5 | I should not expect them back before late in the afternoon . |
| 6 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , ‘ I thought — any man would have thought — that if I did n't look for knowledge , good family , and wealth in a wife , if I sacrificed all that , I would be sure of finding a country girl who was at least pure … but … but I should not accuse you . ’ |
| 7 | I have altered my Mind ; I should not like it cloth , but duffil , let it be cloth , and not to be more than 11s at most , and full yard long , and two if you please , both of a length , and both large ones , full yard long , both of a price , they both be for one Woman — they must be exactly alike for goodness and price — fail not on Wednesday — and full yard long . |
| 8 | ‘ I should not wish her to come yet . |
| 9 | I should not let them linger , wasting time , wasting money , until the spring brings them fresh hope . |
| 10 | But perhaps I should not encourage you . |
| 11 | Now that the Press releases have all been dispatched , the publicity details more or less finalised , I see no reason why I should not put you out of your misery , allay those nasty suspicious thoughts of yours ! ’ |
| 12 | Tammuz Malamute , or whoever you are , I should not forgive you for this , he thought wearily . |
| 13 | Now tell my why I should not have you killed or make you into slaves . ’ |
| 14 | Notorious was his initial estimate of reparations to be extracted from Germany — £20 billion — ‘ and if anybody went for forty billions , I should not disbelieve him ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ No , she said I should n't disturb her so early . |
| 16 | I looked at his face , which was something I did seldom , for I did n't like it , and saw that he did n't believe me ; that he found it inconceivable that I should n't love him ; that , ageing and unmarried though he was , he believed himself to be irresistible . |
| 17 | But I should n't want her do it all her life ! |
| 18 | Mind you I should n't talk I worked until I was sixty |
| 19 | I should n't do it again today or they 'll have the law on you . |
| 20 | I should n't do it . |
| 21 | Sorry , I should n't do it the other side cos it wobbled . |
| 22 | I should n't do it , I 'm not gon na do it any more , I 'm not gon na tape me own voice and listen to it I just |
| 23 | then again think what , what the hell is she gon na do with him and yet I keep saying to myself I should n't do it and then another bit of me saying why should n't I do it , why should n't I have |
| 24 | So she said I 've written , I should n't do she said but that she 'd written and complained about it . |
| 25 | It was rather special , and perhaps I should n't mention it … because it was just one of those wartime things . |
| 26 | well now I know I can , that I should n't waste it , do n't you think ? |
| 27 | ‘ Then perhaps I should n't marry you , after all . |
| 28 | I like that dress , and I do n't see why I should n't wear it . |
| 29 | ‘ No reason why I should n't suggest it , ’ she said briskly . |
| 30 | And when I left home for the first time , it suddenly occurred to me that there was no reason why I should n't change it . |