Example sentences of "[that] [pron] should [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is so simple that everyone should understand it . |
| 2 | As a means of persuading her , the prince suggested to my chagrin that I should accompany him . |
| 3 | Her relations were keen that I should meet her , perhaps because they hoped in desperation that I might be able to help her . |
| 4 | ‘ He asked especially that I should meet you . ’ |
| 5 | It was terribly important that I should beat him , and I struggled desperately against the invisible forces that always prevent one running in dreams . |
| 6 | I insisted that I should pay her a rent of five shillings a week and also asked her , somewhat tentatively , if she felt able to come and have tea with my mother in Romford . |
| 7 | He felt that I should tell her on my own . |
| 8 | If you think it should be on my conscience that I take advantage of her ignorance , then it is only fair that I should tell you she has , in the past , been unfaithful to me . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm not sure that I should tell you , but seeing that you are a policeman … |
| 10 | Not , ’ he added wryly , ‘ that I should tell you that . |
| 11 | ‘ What the hell did you expect , that I should treat you as some kind of equal ? |
| 12 | I had to laugh at myself for thinking rather longingly now that I should miss it this year , and especially I would miss Addy , whom I loved . |
| 13 | When Thomas Turner , Sussex village shopkeeper turned thirty , confides his deep hurt at ‘ the seeming distant behaviour with which my mother treated me today , seeming so mistrustful that I should cheat her ’ , he takes us right to the heart of the complex mixture of love and pain which then as now underlies the relationship between adult children and the older generation : |
| 14 | And it does n't appeal to me but I know that I should do it . |
| 15 | ‘ Are you suggesting that I should do it for you ? ’ she queried sweetly . |
| 16 | They said that I should return it in its box , with the receipt . |
| 17 | The innermost box is that I should love him ; in all ways . |
| 18 | Are you suggesting that I should ignore them ? |
| 19 | When we talked we agreed that I should send you a copy of the Resource Book for Teachers on CALL . |
| 20 | Then he proposed that I should marry him , |
| 21 | He seemed so pleased with himself that I could n't help saying that I should mind them very much myself but that I had no objection to his wearing them — a view which I believed surprised him . |
| 22 | Your master has persuaded me that you found our correspondence helpful , and that I should resume it . |
| 23 | One bend further on she stopped , plucked a plant and signalled that I should breathe it . |
| 24 | I became aware that the celebrity was looking at me fixedly ( either trying to remember who I was , in expectation of acknowledgement , or in surprise that I should cut him dead in such a manner ) . |
| 25 | After she was dead , after we had said the prayers for her , her son , the young one , brought it to me , all newly furbished like this , and said it was her wish that I should have it , for a musician without an instrument is a warrior without weapon or armour . |
| 26 | A further discussion with Sir Henry led us to agree that the telegram must be delivered , but that I should take it in person to the Editor and see if something less embarrassing could be agreed . |
| 27 | And then — that I should hear it first from Nan-Nan . |
| 28 | The masked figure stepped ponderously off the dais , sat down at the baize-covered table and indicated with a gloved hand that I should join him . |
| 29 | And , Father , he asked — the lord sheriff asked — that I should beg you to have Brother Cadfael informed also , and when the morning comes , if you permit , I am to lead him to the place , to meet the sheriff there . |
| 30 | The groups discussed my problems and in the empowering atmosphere it came as quite natural that someone should suggest I start up my own campaign . |