Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] should tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wondered if I should tell him this , and decided he might not think it funny . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , then I do n't know if I should tell you . ’ |
| 3 | The low style is surely recalled by the colloquial " " Hé " " given to God and St Peter as noted above , and the high by the description of the young wife in Les Trois Boçus : ( a beautiful girl So beautiful that she was a delight And if I should tell you the truth I do not think that Nature ever made Any more beautiful creature . ) |
| 4 | She wondered if she should tell him about Amy 's having been a nurse . |
| 5 | He hesitated , wondered if he should tell her . |
| 6 | He wondered if he should tell her how he hankered for nothing outside their life , of how his cup was full enough . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not sure whether I should tell you . |
| 8 | Watching him stride away , hurt and humiliated by the shocking scene he had just witnessed , she wondered whether she should tell him her secret . |
| 9 | She was n't sure whether she should tell him the sordid details . |