Example sentences of "[modal v] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Cantaur ’ should of course be ‘ Cantuar ’ , the Latin abbreviation by which the primate of England signs himself . |
| 2 | There simply is n't any dramatic , conflict in a story about a purported villain who wears a Beatle cap , drinks from a huge glass with fish in it and gazes out from his island home on the great blue sea as he waits for his pursuers , a pair of handsome would-be lovers who sing songs like ‘ We could of , we should of , perhaps we can . |
| 3 | The should of slow labouring footsteps could be heard moving along the first-floor landing as the boy threw himself into the kitchen and slammed the door behind him . |
| 4 | Peter should of course , be copied in on anything sent to the others . |
| 5 | welcome short of writing on the ma t — You should of seen me |
| 6 | I should of stayed on . |
| 7 | The teaching of study skills should of course obviate the problems that arise in assignments and projects , but generally this provision has been made at a later stage of the pupils ' school career , at the sixth-form level , when a recognized amount of their time is allocated to private study . |
| 8 | Then came Hiroshima and Nagasaki , and miraculously the whole things was over , instead of our having to face what would probably be a long naval and air war against Japan , which we should of course have won in the end — after unthinkable losses of men and equipment . |
| 9 | If however a special diet has been recommended by the doctor , you should of course see that it is possible for her to adhere strictly to this , and if she is amongst those who enjoy various products from Health Food shops she should not be criticised for having fads . |
| 10 | The following should of course be kept frost-free : tolmiea , fatsia , fatshedera , aspidistra , cineraria , chlorophytum , clivia , streptocarpus and the shrimp plant . |
| 11 | He might advise me to make a statement to the police which I should of course do under his guidance . |
| 12 | That Arthur 'ad stopped at a pub on 'is way to the church , 'e said 'e needed fortifyin' , and 'im and 'is best man both went in the pub an' stayed there a lot longer than they should of . |
| 13 | He was , well it was n't much before it , it was erm , he should of come out in February , he came out the Previous July . |
| 14 | In addition , the principle ‘ that relief given under the Poor Law should be sufficient for the purpose of relieving distress , but that the amount of relief so given should of necessity be calculated on a lower scale than the earnings of the independent workman ’ ( Ministry of Health , 1921 , p. 47 ) still stood . |
| 15 | We should of course be aware that we do not know what Jesus himself said : we do not have his words verbatim . |
| 16 | I should of maybe actually asked the question |
| 17 | Harlow should of applied for a designation a long time ago if Harlow had been designated then surrounding councils would have had to live up their responsibilities to provide adequate sites for travellers which they have not done and successive governments have also failed to apply the caravan sites act nineteen sixty eight adequately . |
| 18 | She accepts that she then was confused , she did n't know what to do erm she did n't think there was any point in getting out of the car which is what sh she should of done , she should of tried to make some enquiries about the child er , but she er , she looked around shrugged her shoulders and and then carried on her journey because she did n't think there was anything else she could do about it . |
| 19 | She accepts that she then was confused , she did n't know what to do erm she did n't think there was any point in getting out of the car which is what sh she should of done , she should of tried to make some enquiries about the child er , but she er , she looked around shrugged her shoulders and and then carried on her journey because she did n't think there was anything else she could do about it . |
| 20 | resentment to the new children , that I should of |
| 21 | and you see then I started thinking what I should of done when I , like everyone else , thinking what I should of done |
| 22 | and you see then I started thinking what I should of done when I , like everyone else , thinking what I should of done |
| 23 | you , I 'd of told you mum should of come up , she would n't come would she ? |
| 24 | Now unfortunately , that 's how it should of worked but the message got lost down the line somewhere . |
| 25 | Well if you 'd put the sound quality was poor , I thought it better than rambling when it was , when it should of said brambling . |
| 26 | A lot of people , some , some people well you should of and and er many other people say that this would n't go through , particularly them the going through the tunnel . |
| 27 | Fortunately though this bomb did n't explode else i i we should of known about it . |
| 28 | Where parts have names such as these , they should of course be used . |
| 29 | If in doubt , you should of course check this with your family doctor . |
| 30 | If you are generally unwell with any of the above symptoms you should of course consult your doctor first . |