Example sentences of "he should [be] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Steve Cram and people like him should be there .
2 No one was likely to recommend that a hopeless old chronic like him should be put on the new drugs at this stage , because they were still in short supply and there were many more interesting patients on whom to experiment .
3 Talking to him should be banned . ’
4 Is there any distinction to be drawn between the words required to be spoken by a constable ( a ) acting pursuant to section 7(3) of the Act and ( b ) acting pursuant to section 8(2) thereof , after the suspect has been told , in the latter case , of his right to claim that the breath specimen taken from him should be replaced by a blood or urine specimen ?
5 In the result , it was agreed between the Commissioners and the defendant that the amount charged upon him should be reduced , and that time should be given to pay it in three instalments ; he gave three promissory notes for the three instalments ; the first was duly honoured ; the others were not , and were the subject of the present action .
6 The buyer 's needs , the competition which the supplier faces and knowledge about the buyer 's business and the pressures upon him should be estimated .
7 A journalist politician , Meredith Herbert , is made a minister — perhaps in order that he should be damaged by having to deal with the people on the streets ; he is , perhaps , physically beaten up .
8 He should be hear in a trice , for his departure from Paddington was scheduled , I believe , for nine minutes before five . ’
9 Also , the coach should have a comprehensive kit on hand and he should be skilled enough to use it properly .
10 He should be here by now . ’
11 If he was still himself , he should be able to face it .
12 I gather one of them told the President he should be downcast during his negotiations with Uridia .
13 If you want to try acupuncture , ask your vet and he should be able to ‘ point ’ you in the right direction !
14 Raskolnikov 's first thought on slinking down the lodging-house stairs is one of surprise at himself that he should be ‘ simultaneously ’ in terror of his landlady and planning a murder .
15 At any rate it should not surprise us that when Virgil most startlingly irrupts into Pound 's Cantos ( rather late — it is in Canto 78 ) , he should be heard speaking in the Caledonian accents of Gavin Douglas .
16 He 's England 's answer to Tom Selleck and I think he should be the next James Bond , man ’ The cricketer was allegedly slated to appear in a film opposite Oliver Reed , and his humorous performances on Question Of Sport surprised many .
17 Even some of those who suffered most under Marcos 's dictatorial reign felt he should be allowed home .
18 Moncur conceded that his team could be better organised when they do not have the ball , but he should be congratulated for encouraging their skills .
19 Accordingly , it follows that he should be concerned about the current account deficit as a matter of public policy .
20 As Professor Housman used to say , ‘ Stand on a barrel in the streets of Baghdad and say twice two are four and ginger is hot in the mouth and therefore Mohammed is the prophet of God , and it is unlikely that anyone would question your reasoning ; but if he should be bold enough to do so , you could easily silence him by calling him a Christian dog . ’
21 From my point of view that is exactly why he should be taken seriously , and not only because of his apparent prestige .
22 But the company 's rotation policy dictated that he should be moved ‘ rather abruptly ’ into the wages department , where he played a role in setting and negotiating piece rates .
23 Increasingly Moran could be seen in the fields staring idly at some task he should be completing .
24 ‘ And if the man is punctual he should be here — now !
25 He felt impotent , uncertain about what he should be doing , what was expected of him .
26 ‘ On the wireless he should be , ’ his father said .
27 Since he had no arabition to sell his films in the US , there was no reason why he should be more adventurous .
28 BR management was ‘ incompetent and unimaginative , ’ he said If the chairman , Sir Robert Reid , were not due to retire in April , he should be sacked .
29 He did really well as a novice a year ago in some top class races in Ireland and , although he fell at the seventh in last year 's Gold Cup , he should be a more mature horse and a better jumper this season .
30 He is now thought to have rejoined the Labour Party , and to have composed an ‘ open letter ’ to Neil Kinnock hinting that he should be helped to find a suitable constituency .
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