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 . |