Example sentences of "he should be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He should be familiar with the business practices of the area , the structure of the market , local customs and be aware of the various sociocultural factors pertaining to the market . |
| 2 | It ca n't help that he is fretting about possessions when he should be worrying about the state of his marriage . |
| 3 | Bede 's account of Eadwine 's successive ‘ conditional promises ’ ( as they have been called ) to accept Christianity — if he should find it acceptable after marrying Aethelburh ( HE 11 , 9 ) , if he should be victorious in the campaign against Cwichelm ( HE 11 , 9 ) , and if his counsellors should advise it after consultation ( HE 11 , 10 ) — carries with it an air of literary artificiality . |
| 4 | Shiva thought he should be grateful for all this , though he was not . |
| 5 | Too old to be in uniform , really , so he supposed he should be grateful for the desk job in a small dark room at Admiralty House . |
| 6 | She feels that he does not appreciate her and that he should be grateful to have a good looking young wife . |
| 7 | She feels that he does not appreciate her and that he should be grateful to have a good looking young wife . |
| 8 | And Barbara , fed up with the Doctor 's taunts , gives him a piece of her mind , telling him he should be grateful for all their help . |
| 9 | In a brief speech , he explained that as President of the Russian Federation he should be above party politics ; he then strode dramatically from the congress hall . |
| 10 | Perhaps he should be practical and take a wife for comfort . |
| 11 | Northants have signed up Mark Bowen but mainly for their Sunday League matches so he should be available for most of the Seasider 's Saturday games . |
| 12 | Yes that 's all very nice but Deano ai n't gon na score from 10 yards let alone 30 — the shots looked nice but he should be closer to goal . |
| 13 | It 's that at the age of 34 , fourteen years after first shambling on stage in downtown Chicago , having criss-crossed the stand-up circuit from coast to coast and guested on very hip chat show from David Letterman to Arsenio Hall , he should be bigger than he is . |
| 14 | He should be content instead with outlining the motive principle and not try to predicate any content to it . |
| 15 | I divested myself of all my own French honours and laid them in my elder son 's lap on condition he should be content to be French , as I had discovered I was English . |
| 16 | Quli Khan is clearly not sure whether he should be disapproving or excited about the orgy busily going on all around him : |
| 17 | He should be used to them by now because they had become a frequent occurrence during the past few months , particularly since Martin had been bringing Miss Crosbie to the house . |
| 18 | Twenty five past eleven , he should be asleep now . |
| 19 | I mean , there is no such thing as , the day starts for Jimmy White around nine o'clock at night , and if Jimmy 's drawn the afternoons , he should be asleep , he 's that sort of character . |
| 20 | But , most puzzling of all , why was the American so anxious that he should be nice to her … ? |
| 21 | While she felt he should be honest with his colleagues , she could understand a reluctance to have stories about how his ne'er-do-well father had walked out before his birth and he had subsequently been neglected by his mother appear in the Press . |
| 22 | I can not see McCallen repeating his University Corner mistake , and he should be well in contention along with Newton , desperately anxious the Dunlops , Ian Lougher and Alan Patterson . |
| 23 | Berenice was his sister ; it was right he should be protective . |
| 24 | If he is handled correctly and not overworked he should be one of the world 's fastest and best bowlers for another six or seven years . ’ |
| 25 | And he that is born of woman that he should be righteous ? |
| 26 | Also , the coach should have a comprehensive kit on hand and he should be skilled enough to use it properly . |
| 27 | Either Hess will name me — which God forbid he should be stupid enough to do — or I will be contacted in the normal run of things . |
| 28 | The only response is to clap them in irons , but that will not persuade anyone to listen to reason or to feel that he should be accountable . |
| 29 | After the rest he should be involved in some activity which does not require too much physical effort . |
| 30 | If the Minister wishes to quote sources , he should be comprehensive so why does he not quote the views of the Northern Ireland Economic Council as well ? |