Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some transracial adopters may prefer to isolate themselves from the cultural background and ethnic origin of their child because it is easier in the short run to escape conflicts . |
| 2 | Sometimes you may want to reach everyone on the list , but more often you will only be using certain sections or even picking out a dozen or so specialist outlets . |
| 3 | You may wish to leave your monthly transfer at the same amount ; or you may want to amend it in the light of an increase in the cost of living or changes in your expenditure plans . |
| 4 | You may need to adjust it at the centre on long pieces since the ends tend to pull rather tightly to start with . |
| 5 | The local enterprise companies in Scotland would want to consider the matter , although I doubt whether at this stage we should want to regard it as the responsibility of the LECs to give individual support or subsidy to people seeking such a qualification . |
| 6 | I should 've learnt everything by the time I was thirty , not wait until I was in me forties . |
| 7 | I should prefer to watch him in the primeval forests of his native land , wielding an axe against some giant tree . |
| 8 | All right , I 'll put a sling on that arm , and if the pain gets worse you must promise to take yourself to the hospital . ’ |
| 9 | The speaker in the afternoon was Sue Beardon , of Voluntary Action-Leeds , and she helped delegates understand what they must do to prepare themselves for the new ways of working . |
| 10 | Do n't you think that maybe it was just a teeny-weeny bit curious or stupid or disgusting that Morrissey should choose to wrap himself in the flag ? |
| 11 | In the front hall — in case any burglar should choose to throw himself through the fireproof glass in the window or slice through the mortise lock with a flame gun — was a selection of things to trip over . |
| 12 | I should like to thank everyone in the Division for all the hard work which has gone into making 1990 a year of significant progress . |
| 13 | They are entitled to these benefits , they should have received them in the past , and they should have received them by law . |
| 14 | He should have placed himself in the middle between Laura and Maggie he thought . |
| 15 | Charity should have recognised it as the calm before the storm , but she did n't . |
| 16 | That should have alerted me to the fact that Dr Tom Courtney was not as he seemed . |
| 17 | You should have phoned us at the Club . ’ |
| 18 | It is a consideration which I should have applied myself to the assessment of general damages to favour this plaintiff . |
| 19 | ‘ I told them at half-time that Batty was an aggressive player who would challenge hard and that they should n't expect any less — maybe I should have warned them before the start . |
| 20 | ‘ I should have warned you about the crush . ’ |
| 21 | You should have seen me in the dock , man . |
| 22 | We should have done something like the RAND health insurance experiment . |
| 23 | Yes , they will go , but the government should do two things , and it should have done them in the White Paper announcement ; it should have said ‘ we are proposing to get rid of all advantages for company cars in tax terms and we are proposing to make sure that people pay by paying more road tax or more petrol costs if they have high gas-guzzling cars ’ . |
| 24 | But then we should have got we we sh We should have done it on the way there , but we forget . |
| 25 | yeah , we should have to put you on the book |
| 26 | I should have asked you into the house to dry it out ! ’ |
| 27 | When we settled down we played some tremendous football and maybe should have sneaked it in the end . |
| 28 | It is ironic that reforms intended to increase efficiency by introducing market disciplines should have undermined them in the one sector in which they already existed . |
| 29 | Dawn Allenby , a masochist if ever there was one , should have prostrated herself at the feet of Desmond Fairchild , a sadist in a trilby hat worn with the brim turned up all the way round like vaudeville comic . |
| 30 | Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle … |