Example sentences of "i should [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors . |
| 2 | All my life , he wrote , I have been preparing myself for this moment , but if I have prepared myself correctly then it is so that when the moment came I should not be encumbered with the sensation of having waited for it all my life , for such a sensation , wrote Harsnet , is too heavy a burden for anyone to carry . |
| 3 | ‘ My supporters in Birkenhead have been telling me I should not be in a mood to compromise , ’ he said . |
| 4 | I made the long trip with my boys but the unit told me I should not be there . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Rather to the surprise of my new employers , since I had been so eager to work for them , I told them I should not be able to start for a fortnight ( I needed to recover , being exhausted by my burden of guilt ) . |
| 7 | According to court papers passed to the New York Post , Mr Boesky argued : ‘ I should not be forced … to incur further debt while [ Seema ] redecorates the marital estate and her penthouse apartment … and has personal expenses of almost $42,000 a month . ’ |
| 8 | I should not be able to postpone my attempt much longer . |
| 9 | I knew that I should not be able to forget them again until the business had been resolved one way or the other . |
| 10 | I should not be doing this . |
| 11 | Not a bit of it — do not know if W. J. Jakimiuk who was responsible for the Chipmunk 's lovely qualities also devised the Beaver 's agile handling , but I should not be surprised if he did , for it flies like a smaller aeroplane , with light forces and a roll-rate much better than that long high-aspect-ratio wing might suggest . |
| 12 | My aggressiveness towards the adults around me for putting me in such an invidious position was certainly unacknowledged and unconscious , and had my sisters not told me of my bullying tactics — which I had conveniently forgotten — it is likely that I should not be able to acknowledge it even now . |
| 13 | ‘ I should not be alive today if I had ever been guilty of complacency or carelessness , ’ he said . |
| 14 | At that time , many well meaning people shook their heads and quoted ‘ trees for heirs ’ — the inference quite clearly being that I should not be the one to enjoy them . |
| 15 | I really do believe that without it we would n't have got here , without that silly ring I should not be here with you now , Therese , now this moment . |
| 16 | She leaned forward and said in a dramatic whisper : ‘ Mr Zulueta wanted what I was not prepared — what I should not be prepared to give — and I repulsed him . |
| 17 | ‘ I should not be here ? |
| 18 | I should not be thrown around like luggage ! ’ |
| 19 | I see no reason why I should not be at Kiawah Island in Captain Bernard Gallacher 's team in September . |
| 20 | If it had not been for the circumstance of his being away , I should not be here now . ’ |
| 21 | I should not be pressuring her in this way . |
| 22 | As I told you I think I have made observations which lead me to conclude that there are not only high but fertile lands on the verge of our intertropical Regions , and arguing from the Character of the Ranges here I should not be surprised to find in the more distant parts of the Continent , a Country vying with America in richness of Natural products , and I have very little doubts but that the discoveries to be made would amply repay the government any outlay it might make . |
| 23 | Edward , tired of the rules , encouraged by something in her voice , replied : ‘ If I were a gentleman , I should not be telephoning . |
| 24 | So now that these two have offered to help me , I should not be suspicious . |
| 25 | I should not be here . |
| 26 | ‘ I should n't be a bit surprised , ’ said Burden , spreading butter on his roll . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ I may be against this on principle but I do n't see why I should n't be able to make a little bit of capital , ’ he added . |
| 29 | ‘ I should n't be here . |
| 30 | She 's a women 's libber , if you do n't mind , a bloody Communist too , I should n't be surprised . |