Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was also suggested that theologians may need to look at the theology of play in order to gain a more positive understanding of the entertainment role of the media . |
| 2 | In a design of this kind , where the flowers and leaves are built up in layers , you should try to look at the outline that will be visible ( in this case , the outer leaves ) , and make sure that they are lying at pleasing angles . |
| 3 | You should try to look at the situation objectively and philosophically , and , if you can , keep a sense of humour . |
| 4 | The functions of the organisation should therefore be kept in mind in data analysis , even though in principle data analysis should attempt to look at the organisation independent of any processes . |
| 5 | We should have eaten at the pub . |
| 6 | Perhaps I should have said at the beginning , although I hope it 's obvious , that the speaker of this poem is , of course , coming back to the town where he was born . |
| 7 | The tall beans should have gone at the back . |
| 8 | The fire which should have flared at the entrance was a pile of wet ash and the oil-topped torches were extinguished . |
| 9 | It is hardly surprising that he should have jumped at the chance of establishing his ‘ Samba school ’ in Paris . |
| 10 | We should have realized at the time that in the emergency of AD 196 there would not have been time to build walls round town defences . |
| 11 | If you really wanted to learn something you should have started at the top . |
| 12 | I should have screamed at the start — whenever the start could now be said to be . |
| 13 | idea of the theory , which is something that probably should have come at the beginning but it does n't matter too much . |
| 14 | Both groups should have reported at the end of 1982 , though engineering will take longer , and other subject groups will be set up in due course . |
| 15 | Then , alone there in his room , I began to laugh , as I should have laughed at the time . |
| 16 | The expectation that the new borrowings will be available , if required , must have existed at the balance sheet date and this expectation should be reviewed in the light of any post balance sheet events to ensure it remains reasonable on the date the financial statements are approved by the directors . |
| 17 | But they 're going to develop a ride which will recreate how it must have felt at the time . |
| 18 | It was easy to imagine what relief the miners must have felt at the end of a long day 's work in those conditions when they saw the mouth of the tunnel framing the daylight before them . |
| 19 | It screwed me up thinking how the invalid 's hopes must have soared at the sound of my entry , and how she must now be falling into deeper and deeper misery because of the silence and the nothing happening . |
| 20 | I rather think that the RN instructors on my course must have suffered at the hands of the Customs on returning from a foreign tour as they really gave us a hard time . |
| 21 | You 're laughing bravely , it must have hurt at the time . |
| 22 | I pulled out the stool which Billy must have sat at the desk on , and began to rifle through things in no particular order . |
| 23 | And new Manager , Denis Smith , must have exploded at the way his defenders dillied and dallied and never got to the ball on time . |
| 24 | He , too , suffered from an occasional enlightening vision which came to him from the dim past and which he must have suppressed at the time … |
| 25 | They may feel discouraged at the magnitude of the task before them , and gain a sense of achievement and control by isolating parts and dealing with them thoroughly . |
| 26 | No , I thought it might 've said at the back and Dinosaur |
| 27 | There had been concern that ETA might seek to strike at the Expo 92 Universal Exhibition in Seville , held from April 20 to Oct. 12 , or at the Olympic Games in Barcelona ( July 25-Aug. 9 ) . |
| 28 | When the Archimandrite suggested that the two ladies might like to lodge at the monastery that night , she was briefly dismissive ; when he pressed his offer of hospitality further , she was brusque . |
| 29 | erm then erm what I 'll do I 'll pick it up next week and that will obviously show you a bit more about Abbey Life and any , any of your friends or anybody you think might , might like to look at the video erm you know just to give them an insight , people you mentioned erm to me that you perhaps know you 'd like to pass the video on to them to have a look erm and if er er you 've got my number and if you want to ring me then I can get some more videos if you think other people might be interested I 'm quite happy to pass them on , on to you as well , okay ? |
| 30 | And what he said , was , ‘ Well now , I 'll have to start at the beginning . |