Example sentences of "should [pron] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why should I settle down with him out of all the fellows I 've been out with ? |
| 2 | Should I give up the unequal struggle and wait until I reached the age of 16 ? |
| 3 | Should I too give Jacob my maidservant , Zilpah , or should I give in to Rachel ? |
| 4 | How long should I hold on to records ? |
| 5 | Should I go away ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sorry — should I go away ? ’ |
| 7 | Should I go ahead and stab them or just scare them ? |
| 8 | Why should I go on ? ’ |
| 9 | should I go on |
| 10 | The position is that the Canadian Government routinely send their diplomatic bags Should I go on ? — to the Foreign Office for onward transmission |
| 11 | Or should I go on till I die ? ’ |
| 12 | I thought well should I go up ? |
| 13 | ‘ Should I go tomorrow as usual … ? ’ |
| 14 | She could n't help feeling guilty as she said smoothly , ‘ Why should I go off with one of them when I have you ? |
| 15 | What qualifications would I need and how should I go about finding a job ? |
| 16 | I could make smaller movies , but after running in the Olympics why should I go back to High School ? |
| 17 | Should I go down and get |
| 18 | Should I go out on my own and start a business , or would the insecurity be unbearable ? |
| 19 | ‘ Why should I go out on a day like this ? ’ she asked . |
| 20 | and a cup of coffee and a cigarette , and I always do that but this day I was so tired after the doing the garden , both gardens like and fucking weeding them all and doing everything else and brushing out the back and doing I said to him for fuck 's sake do them dishes for me for a change William would you I said , so I got er got myself in the bath said I 'm away to bingo , so William 's gone out what happened ? eight , I had eight he had one you may get yourself I said ah fuck no wonder I have no fucking luck , so on the settee and said I 'm not going anywhere , I sat for ten minutes then I said ah fuck you why should I sit here so I lifted the car keys and walked out again then , fucking zooming out of and there was John coming up like that |
| 21 | Why on earth should I end up sitting by Heather ? |
| 22 | and the other is , why should I clear up the mess that this guy 's made . |
| 23 | How should I measure up what to buy ? |
| 24 | Should I stop now ? |
| 25 | ‘ I want to hear the soft sighs breaking from you when I make love to you … why should I stop now , when I know that you want it , too ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Or should I stop off and buy some ? ’ |
| 27 | SHOULD I CARRY ON FEEDING ? |
| 28 | He could go back to his wife , though why he should I do n't really know . |
| 29 | Finally , and unsurprisingly , the attempted questioning of noun phrase and verb together while " leaving behind " the adjectival property will again produce an incoherent result , as in ( 27 ) where the first sentence is ungrammatical while the second is grammatical but associated with the wrong sort of answer : ( 27 ) what did the raiders do dead ? what should I do longer ? |
| 30 | Even if I think I can present it , should I do so ? |