Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] that [pers pn] should [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm surprised you should think it 's anything other than natural that he should want to bath her . ’ |
| 2 | The Archbishop said : ‘ It is right and proper that we should bring our indignation with us to God 's house . |
| 3 | It it seems to me we 've spent about an hour and ten minutes or so almost shadow boxing over this particular policy erm and we we keep running into well running both matters together and it seems right and proper that we should do that . |
| 4 | He commented : ‘ We were very honoured to be nominated in three categories of the ITV Awards for Marketing , and delighted that we should have won two . |
| 5 | But in the 1950s the first wave of modern consumerism transformed people 's lifestyles so that they came to expect it to be right and natural that they should have consumer durables ( and increasingly non-durable goods ) . |
| 6 | I think your doctor is right when he says that you need time to get over the loss of your dad and your friend , and it is only right and natural that you should think of them a lot , but if you try to turn your thoughts to good and happy memories of them that will be the best way of honouring them , and will help you , too . |
| 7 | I was sad and angry that he should want to place a bolt and go so radically against the grain ; sympathetic with Dave 's strong conviction ; peeved that my own route — Centrefold — had been usurped . |
| 8 | It 's irritating to see her there , all nervy and squeaky , in her clothes for motoring out to the country in ; but oddly touching and pleasing that she should have come . |
| 9 | He held up his hands as if loath that they should come any closer and breathe on him . |
| 10 | Yes , it was fitting and sweet that I should get the hell out of there . |
| 11 | It was peculiar but pleasant that she should find the song painless . |