Example sentences of "should [not/n't] [vb infin] [coord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could not find any reason why Benny Hogan from the shop across the road and Eve Malone from the convent up the town should not sit and drink coffee in her bay window , but somehow she would have preferred to keep the space for wealthier and more important matrons of Knockglen . |
| 2 | ‘ God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life ’ ( John 3.16 ) . |
| 3 | That whosoever believeth in him , should not perish but have everlasting life . |
| 4 | Licensees of software should not assign or transfer their rights if the licence agreement prohibits this . |
| 5 | The councillor should not visit or inspect any of the buildings or works of the local authority without first obtaining the approval of the council or the appropriate committee . |
| 6 | He should not oppress or surrender him . ’ |
| 7 | And we should not oppress or surrender each other . |
| 8 | While difficulties in calculating harm may impede the application of the ‘ harm-to-others ’ principle , the regulation of insider dealing should not stand or fall on the fact that proof of harm is difficult to acquire . |
| 9 | Being caught up within the clinical culture , learning by immersion , and absorbing the practice and principles of the firm may seem to leave the educational process to chance but all respondents pleaded that any changes in the preregistration year should not depreciate or downgrade the contribution of apprenticeship to the training process . |
| 10 | While applying this pressure , the horse should not move or flinch away . |
| 11 | It should not repress or propel the citizenship away from political life but be ‘ informed by an entire people to the point where the intellectual , emotional , and moral capacities have reached their full potential and they are joined freely and actively in a genuine community ’ . |
| 12 | So if you programme for something which fails to materialise , then you should not blame or punish yourself , or decide it was not meant to be . |
| 13 | A man should be so proud of virility that he should not squander or debase it . |
| 14 | Iorwerth had three bowmen with him in the rear , to ensure that once the party entered the wood they should not turn and leave it again . |
| 15 | They tell us that we should not manufacture and deploy nuclear weapons . |
| 16 | We should not suppress or repress our anger feelings . |
| 17 | Indeed , such medication usually carries a warning stating that the individual should not drive or operate machinery after taking it . |
| 18 | Is there something you wish to say to the solicitor which I should not hear or say for you ? ’ |
| 19 | The commentary should not interrupt or structure the child 's play and the parent needs to resist the temptation to turn it into a teaching session . |
| 20 | " Yes , there is , " Martha replied , with a firmness which she could hardly have inherited either from her father or her mother , " but there 's no reason why we should n't go and look at things . |
| 21 | It 's not been for us to tell people what they should or should n't eat or do anything with , because the , in , in one respect that 's a nann nannying attitude from er , whether it 's the legislators saying we 're not going to approve the right legislation so that you have that information , but on the other hand by manufacturers and others saying you trust us . |
| 22 | The yew contains a mixture of poisonous compounds and only a chemist can extract anything good from it so people should n't eat or drink anything connected with the Yew tree . |
| 23 | ‘ Then there 's no reason why you should n't come and sit with me for a few minutes . |
| 24 | A mother knows she should n't try and keep them tied to the apron strings |
| 25 | What this illustrates is that you ca n't take an institution at face value any more and certainly should n't select or dismiss an institution on your ( or your parents ' ) first impression . |
| 26 | Should n't smudge or run in water , but many do . |
| 27 | There 's piles of junk and stuff in tins the children should n't touch and stuff like that … ’ |