Example sentences of "[that] you should [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I mean , that you should make them sensible by the Mildness of your carriage , and the composure even in your correction of them , that what you do is reasonable in you and useful and necessary for them .
2 I 'm not saying that you should make it their responsibility to do these things , but we should offer them the opportunity . ’
3 I can not believe my luck that nobody else had the sense to carry you off but that you should still be there for me and that — ’ Well , that could be taken two ways , on second thoughts that might not be the thing to say , no ; ‘ my luck that you should want me in the same way that I want you .
4 She answered , watching him , ‘ Of course , it 's only natural that you should want it to succeed .
5 ‘ Mr Jones , I 'm honoured that you should choose me , but I do feel there are others far more suited to take on the responsibility , people who 've worked in radio far longer than I have . ’
6 Of course , just because a rule could have been different does n't mean that you should ignore it .
7 After his energetic verse Cade 's prose shows that medium at its most laboured and puffy : ‘ Has my sword therefore broke through London gates , that you should leave me at the white Hart in Southwark ? ’
8 I never thought I should be — be improper to come , that you should think me patronizing . ’
9 ‘ My dear officers , ’ said a rather breathless but still well modulated voice , ‘ of what am I accused that you should treat me like the nucleus of a civil rights demonstration ?
10 It goes without saying that you should study it with the utmost care .
11 ‘ Well , as you had a hand in it it 's only fair that you should enjoy it . ’
12 cos I 've noticed it 's very sticky on here , that you should wipe it cos it
13 Since I was imprisoned because of you , it is only common human benevolence that you should help me now .
14 Godparents , these state that you should keep them on the straight and narrow
15 On 2 May 1839 Prince wrote to Gould in Australia warning him of Swainson 's impending visit : ‘ Mr. Yarrell has just called and requested me to tell you that Mr Swainson is going to Australia whether to collect or to settle is not known at present but he considered it of importance that you should know it as quickly as possible not that either he or I think it can in any way affect you as you have so good a start and his wonted and well known irregularity of publication will surely militate against him . ’
16 As long as you make the point , and and in the as long as the quotes are grammatical , and as long as you can understand it , the the simple thing about any kind of communication is that you should communicate you know rather than you 're not trying to win the Booker Prize , are you , so just as long as you get the information over do n't worry too much about the , the journalism .
17 ‘ You thought perhaps she might feel insulted — that you should imagine she could be so easily led ? ’
18 Nor is the claim that you should let it .
19 It is admittedly possible , for instance , that you should believe you are sitting reading when in fact you are not .
20 And how there were some there who thought no shame to recommend that you should invite him to a meeting , so that he could be taken unawares and murdered there .
21 Horrible that you should tempt me so heartlessly and — and pity me , ’ he spat at her .
22 It seems to me that I am exactly the sort of person that you need , that you should cultivate me , prime me , pay me , even .
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