Example sentences of "i should [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should be enjoying it . |
| 2 | erm I do n't know if there are anything else I should be telling you . |
| 3 | If I sent my army against a border lord on a private quarrel I should be throwing Wales into Hubert 's hands . |
| 4 | ( I should be saving , says my father . ) |
| 5 | As one single mother noted about the financial support she received from her mother , ‘ it 's not very nice her doing it because I feel I should be helping her ’ ( Cohen , 1991a , p. 40 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ I should be helping you , ’ said Tessa . |
| 7 | I SUPPOSE I should be cheering myself hoarse that Britain has finally produced a heavyweight fit to challenge for the championship of the world in the person of Lennox Lewis . |
| 8 | Hands on knees and lights out with a mind buzzing like a bee and the strong conviction that I should be sorting out something more tangible than my mind . |
| 9 | No way , I 'm standing in a nice and warm place I do n't think I should be copying a tree anyway a trees a tree . |
| 10 | Since I made an arrangement with the man in your office I am having a baby and my doctor says I should be getting more of it . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I should be getting along . |
| 12 | ‘ I should be getting back . ’ |
| 13 | But I think I should be getting back … ’ |
| 14 | So I should be getting one . |
| 15 | A second later , a Vadinamian official came on-screen and irritatedly pointed out that the Valve was about to open and I should be moving . |
| 16 | Wondered what woman , if any , I should be thinking about in five years ' time . ’ |
| 17 | I know I should be thinking about taking her to a mother-and-toddler group so she can meet people and make friends , but something keeps putting me off . |
| 18 | My mother has fixed ideas about what I should be teaching them , what schools they should attend and the clothes they wear . |
| 19 | ‘ Maybe this year is just a bit too early for me , but I should be reaching my peak in the two or three years after that — who knows ? ’ |
| 20 | I mean , if I stand a chance I should be hearing from any time now really . |
| 21 | I should be correcting proofs , but my eyes hurt . |
| 22 | I should be living in some where that 's cheaper to run . |
| 23 | Yes , yes I do n't think that on our next buy , what with the next year I would be a bit better off in the sense that I should have sold my house , bought something cheaper and have some capital invested so I have a little extra monthly income , I should be living in somewhere that 's cheaper to run |
| 24 | ‘ My dearest darling , I do n't know whether I should be writing this to you , but I still think of you every day of my life , first thing when I wake up and last thing before I go to sleep . |
| 25 | Now the rag I should be using for this is the very dirty one and I 've started off with the clean one by accident . |
| 26 | Marvellous acupuncture , then shop at Selfridges for anti-wrinkle cream with liposomes , which flawless friend , Julia McKenzie tells me I should be using , ‘ by now ’ . |
| 27 | You know what I should be using |
| 28 | I remember a while ago someone told me he thought I should be wearing platform shoes , but we 're not into having symbols of different generations , we 're just into style as a ‘ thing ’ : we 're into flaunting things , it 's just part of what we are . ’ |
| 29 | Where was the little girl , or er younger I do n't want to make up because , but now I feeling I 'm aged it , I should be wearing some make up here , with just a feeling we should be , when I look in the mirror oh its getting old so |
| 30 | ‘ Well , I 'm not sure that I should be raking up all this , but in a way it is related to Luke 's attitude towards Elise , and you did ask … |