Example sentences of "should [vb infin] [be] think [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Even before he was consecrated , and perhaps as soon as he was elected , at a moment when , by ordinary rules of prudence , he should have been thinking of equipping himself with all the forms of expert knowledge required by his new position , he chose one of the group of English monks to be his closest and most constant companion . |
2 | Well , by April 1982 , surely the Cabinet should have been thinking about it . |
3 | But with the Official Custodian sending back these investments , the trustees will have to think of what they should have been thinking about years ago : management of their trust funds . ’ |
4 | She should have been thinking about the boys ' tea , and about Frederick 's dinner . |
5 | I felt , by doing that , I had effectively stepped back in time and discovered the one thing that should have been thought of before we even harnessed electricity . |