Example sentences of "[pron] should [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I fail to see why I should subject myself to the indignity of competing with Tom , Dick , and Narry for a parish which is , at least , £100 per annum poorer than my own , and not nearly so convenient .
2 Not a lot of flavour I should bread .
3 ‘ And if I should chance to run over a cad . ’
4 ‘ I did n't set out to find you — it 's sheer coincidence that I should chance to walk along the same street and into the same pub .
5 ‘ What , you think I should feather myself ? ’
6 Over the next few days I was in touch by letter and by phone with Eliot , and finally it was arranged , in a note dated 9 May , that I should lunch with him on Thursday 19 May , which , as he carefully specified , was Ascension Day .
7 PAMELA : Are you afraid I should confederate with him to commit a robbery upon my master ?
8 Meantime , I should value , as requested in my earlier letter , copies of 1991 -93 PCC publications and annual reports .
9 ‘ You think I should hand all my work to your goddaughter , but I 'm not so sure .
10 ‘ I believe that I should soldier on with my policies .
11 Mr McCallum continued that the decisions made by the Social Work Department were made on the basis of confidential information , and should that department reply to the Action Committee , he said , they might divulge information which should nut be revealed at that time .
12 Unlike one of those characters whom Charles Dickens described as taking ‘ Night Walks ’ in The Uncommercial Traveller , the well-to-do , clever , suitably married man who Should society sit by and allow ‘ characters ’ who chose to be loose with their money to get away with it ?
13 A child who suffers abuse at the hand of a stranger can expect comfort and protection from his or her family ; incest victims often have no-one to whom to turn — those who should support have been the cause of suffering . ’
14 The corporation and the rural district council were in dispute about who should rehouse them .
15 No you should man , it 's , it 's , seriously man they 're m it 's so funny .
16 Of course you should dose it should conditions be foggy .
17 If it is not the one required , you should overtype it with the correct option number and press RETURN .
18 If it is not the one required , you should overtype it with the correct single digit option number and press RETURN .
19 Because you should sort of stand
20 Where the road is , you sh- , you should sort of come out like that and the main road sort of goes round like that and you need to sort of go like that .
21 I think you should pool together
22 You should phase out the use of artificial reinforcers ( tokens or points ) when the child has learned a skill well , or when persistent problematic behaviour has been rectified .
23 You should post payment , or pay the balance to your travel agent , 10 weeks before departure to allow the payment to clear to our account , otherwise our computer will cancel your booking , and you would be liable to pay cancellation charges as shown in Condition ( 9 ) .
24 Look carefully at any windows in hallways , corridors and on stairs to decide whether you should curtain them , blind them , shutter them or leave them alone .
25 It 's a manifestation of the marvellous relationship you had with your husband and that 's something you should hand on to dearly .
26 You should hand in your assignments by Tuesday .
27 She should edge along to the pew 's other end and get out , but she was excruciatingly tired .
28 You want she should trip over and break her neck ? ’
29 She supposed she should humour him but she did n't know how .
30 She should shack up with a man , then , like the other women writers do , ’ McIllvanney said nastily and , when I did not respond , he jabbed a finger at me .
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