Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] should [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike ceramic wall tiles , there should be no gaps left between mirror tiles ( although you should leave a gap at either end , between the tiles and the side wall ) , and the wall surface must be really flat before you start . |
| 2 | The next meeting is on Thursday 17th June and this account is on the Agenda , so you should receive a cheque very soon afterwards . |
| 3 | " So we should make a start now . |
| 4 | Still , Imaginary have got the ‘ Turtle Soup ’ album so they should make a bit of money out of it . ’ |
| 5 | I heard the shotgun pellets hit the bonnet and the windscreen like hailstones on a tin roof and for a second I wondered if I should punch a hole in the glass like they do in the movies . |
| 6 | She stared at the receding shoreline and wondered if she should make a jump for it . |
| 7 | Whenever you marry , if you should have a fancy for her , I 'll let you have her again . |
| 8 | If you should have a disaster and tear the sleeve , you can buy new ones from your dealer . |
| 9 | Yet if we should catch a glimpse of the fake plastic beams , the mass-produced horsebrasses , cartwheels and hunting prints there will , often as not , be unnerving claims of ‘ genuine olde worlde atmosphere ’ for this mishmash of bogus antiquity . |
| 10 | This last comment does n't mean that we can strap on our sixshooters and holsters , but rather the guns of the artillery are on call if we should have a chance to use them . |
| 11 | But Scotsman Billy said last night : ‘ My wife wonders if we should get a gun . |
| 12 | So Adam sat chafing in Castell Coch while Owen and his men camped in the forest beyond Gungrog Fawr , and waited until they should find a chance to cross the river again . |
| 13 | Yet Labour can not hope to control any debate at Westminster from which Scottish MPs are excluded , even if it should win a majority at a future election . |
| 14 | This month I shall being by answering a query from a reader in Surrey , who starts by asking if he should glue a watercolour or etching to a backing board , or hinge it by one edge only . |
| 15 | Perhaps disgusted with the business , Owens retreated and wondered if he should take a day job . |
| 16 | If you have n't , if you 're using soap and water , just think about perhaps , whether you should use a cleanser , a toner and a moisturizer . |
| 17 | Before she should have a chance to wake and discover the edenwort , Henry got to work on the supper . |
| 18 | We were ourselves considering whether we should introduce a Government Bill to this effect . |
| 19 | Even if someone were to leave the Department , or drop dead-even if you were to , what 's the expression , take out a contract on one of us ’ — he laughs to show that this is a joke , displaying a number of chipped and discoloured teeth , set in his gums at odd angles , like tombstones in a neglected churchyard — ‘ even then , I very much doubt whether we should get a replacement . |
| 20 | May we have a debate next week or as soon as possible to consider whether we should have a referendum at any stage and in what circumstances ? |
| 21 | What point in having , I suppose it 's my fault , I should have read these erm , bits added to it more carefully earlier , but it does n't seem to have anything in their about anybody who is actually claiming a carer 's allowance from looking after somebody at the time , and whether we should have a phrase in there that it does n't include anybody that is collecting from the D S S S or anything else for a carer 's allowance anyway , because you do n't want to double pay anybody . |
| 22 | since this lot came to power , is forcing people to make a decision as to whether they should get a prescription or whether they should not . |
| 23 | In a modern society , it is — more or less — up to the individuals or couples to choose the age at which they marry or enter into one kind of conjugal union or another , to decide whether they should have a child or children or not , mow many children they want to have and at what intervals , and to opt for an age at which they want to cease childbearing , etc . |
| 24 | whether he will be invited to lunch , and if not , whether he should get a sandwich in a pub instead , and if so , whether he would prefer egg and tomato , or cheese and chutney ; |
| 25 | The House is really concerned to decide whether it should have a Bill of this type on this matter . |
| 26 | " The time has come when you should see a priest or a psychiatrist . " |
| 27 | The agreement stated that ‘ in consideration of such dfesire ’ the executors would convey the cottage to the widow for her life or so long as she should continue a widow . |
| 28 | Even though you should rest a while after London , do plan other races and have other goals . |
| 29 | The tower itself is a tapering rectangular pylon capped by a line of corbels that look as though they should support a belfry . |
| 30 | And the second was real clever : ‘ What sounds as though it should have a mother and father , but does n't ? ’ ' |