Example sentences of "that i should [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It is part of the expectation of the President that I should be available to represent the Church , so I have been to Strasbourg to the European Parliament and also on visits to the churches in Nigeria and Kenya .
2 ‘ Does it matter to you that I should be convinced ? ’
3 His greatest concern was that I should be strong and brave , good at games , good at work , and that he should get his money 's worth from my education .
4 ‘ And I suppose , ’ she said disdainfully , ‘ that I should be impressed , since , of course , you are the guardian of the whole world 's wisdom .
5 One very urgent and necessary reason for our absence is that next Friday my opera is being performed again and it is most essential that I should be present .
6 When I expressed my appreciation of the honour he had done me by inviting me to his coronation , he replied that as the eldest son of his trusted friend , to whom he owed so much , it was proper that I should be present .
7 When I left home , I thought , in my pride , that I should be sufficient unto myself , like my friend the cat .
8 ‘ My instincts told me that I should be aware of him and everything he did .
9 ‘ I 'm sure that I should be satisfactory , ’ she said stiffly .
10 When I got back , my daughter was at my mother 's and my mother said that I should be ashamed of myself because Natasha had been filthy and starving hungry .
11 But he was genuinely shocked that I should be frightened .
12 You know that I should be interested , well I was the secretary of Labour Party for a time .
13 After all , I live here , so it 's only natural that I should be interested in what goes on . ’
14 Having attended the majority of Linfield 's matches , I had thought that I should be entitled to a ticket to see my other favourites , i.e. , Manchester United .
15 This research indicated that I should be able to obtain my tank , complete with cover glasses , for , though I might have manages even cheaper if I had asked someone who was a good customer of the tank-builder to order it in his own name rather than mine .
16 I had always felt , partly as a result of my upbringing , that I should be able to fend for myself , especially in a situation which was one of my own making .
17 You know I just think that I should be able to get a job just like that and
18 to be with my friends although they let me sit with me friends so they 're good really so I 'm hoping that I should be able to get back on a Wednesday because er , that 's the only day really I can go , I go to Barn Mead on a Thursday as a rule you see , but yesterday I had to have a day off to go out , I had an invite out
19 I suppose that I should be happy with that response .
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