Example sentences of "[pron] should [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More recently , my microwave oven began to smoke and , again , the dealer said that as it would cost more than £200 to repair , I should consider buying a new one . |
| 2 | I should like to suggest a few alternatives to the MICHAEL DOUGLAS , FUCK YOU , RACIST , SEXIST , ANTI-GAY school of sign-writing . |
| 3 | I should like to have a good bath — I have n't had one for weeks — and something to eat , before you begin to cut me up as though I were one of your business opponents laid out for you to hand them the coup de grâce . ’ |
| 4 | As a cyclist myself , I should like to make a personal request : if you should find it necessary to use a tractor-mounted flail hedge trimmer to cut the hedges please could you ensure that the hawthorn clippings are swept up and removed and not left in the road as a danger to cyclists . |
| 5 | I do not intend to speak for hours , but I should like to make a few further comments . |
| 6 | Perhaps I should have formed a better plan ; perhaps I should have made instead for the Villa Diodati , to see if I could secure any friends and allies there . |
| 7 | After the night Quigley had kicked my head in , I had finally seen something I should have seen a long time ago . |
| 8 | But now I have , and I see what I should have seen a long time ago , the selfish , arrogant , unscrupulous fixer who has been quietly feathering his nest in London for the past ten years at our expense after turning his back on us as though we were n't good enough for him , who could n't even be bothered to come home during this ordeal but just flew over on a weekend return when the mood took him , when he had nothing better to do , like the tourist he is ! |
| 9 | ‘ I should have kept a short rope on you and then you would never have escaped me . ’ |
| 10 | Though I should have discovered a tolerable way , ’ she said , with force and finality . |
| 11 | There I should have welcomed a faster tempo both for the waltz of the first half , and for the galop of the second , both of them evoking the atmosphere of the fairground as a tenth birthday tribute to the Fairfield Hall in Croydon . |
| 12 | I was not told , when we left , that I should have to fight a running battle with four hundred horsemen . |
| 13 | Not many other people take it , either , but we could all read in our own newspapers that it was supporting Labour , and I should have thought a normal reaction among honest Britons , who have grown to mistrust businessmen in the age of takeovers , would be to do the opposite . |
| 14 | I should have thought a little evidence of human frailty would merely enhance your reputation — and the association would do mine a power of good ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I should have thought a few minutes . |
| 16 | There were times , subsequently , when I felt I should have hired a second vet to check the location and fitting of my own cranium . |
| 17 | But with the coming of peace , I realised that I should have to face a new , strange , ‘ normal , world — alone . |
| 18 | I should have to know a great deal more about you . |
| 19 | These included care of the mentally ill ( which then also included the elderly with mental disability ) — these categories which should have received a bigger slice of the cake , actually received a smaller percentage of health board funding during the funding period from 1981–82 to 1985–86 . |
| 20 | The press-gang gave politicians an effective method of giving a very real service to the parties more directly concerned , and it was one which should have created a lasting sense of obligation , for life before the mast in one of His Majesty 's ships was not likely to be easily forgotten . |
| 21 | In an attempt to learn as much as possible from the capsize of the Herald of Free Enterprise the Treasury Solicitor has asked questions which should help to prevent a similar disaster ever recurring . |
| 22 | ‘ Ye should have poured a whole bottle of lysol down it before me . ’ |
| 23 | In the meantime , until this can be achieved , if you are worried that your parent is not receiving proper medical attention you should start to make a polite nuisance of yourself by frequent visits to the surgery to impress upon the doctor the fact that you consider there is real cause for concern about the state of her health and ask if he could arrange for a ‘ second opinion ’ . |
| 24 | How fortunate you are to have found yet another chance at happiness together , with a better understanding than most people of what you should do to make a successful marriage , and how much you will gain . |
| 25 | You should continue to lead a healthy life , such as eating a balanced diet , taking exercise and keeping warm . |
| 26 | You should continue to lead a healthy life , such as eating a balanced diet , taking exercise and keeping warm . |
| 27 | Sometimes the photographers will organise this for you , but if there are a large number of photographs to take then you should consider using a specialist photographic accessoriser whose job it is to provide a good selection of suitable props from which you and the photographer can choose on the spot . |
| 28 | For added security , you should consider fitting a good quality deadlock and an alarm . |
| 29 | If you have large amounts of cash on the farm , you should consider purchasing a strong safe . |
| 30 | Divorce also affects your will and you should consider making a new will if you get divorced . |