Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [v-ing] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , ’ Athelstan replied , ‘ we should be looking for a man or woman with no background , someone who has suddenly appeared on the scene , but everyone we have talked to has their own little niche . ’ |
| 2 | You should be looking for a machine capable of being upgraded to 16Mb , preferably to 32Mb . |
| 3 | As a precaution , Alexandra took her fork round to the far side of the wain , in case her mother should be looking from a window , and plunged and twisted it in most expertly in order to bring out a huge wedge of tawny grasses , cut last summer in these very meadows . |
| 4 | Once carefree babyhood is over , you are going to start feeling that your child should be Learning with a capital L : acquiring skills , keeping up , getting on . |
| 5 | He should be acting with a view to protecting life or property as point 4 of this offence . |
| 6 | Mr Power gives his stock reply : ‘ You should be dealing with a retailer you feel comfortable with . ’ |
| 7 | We also assumed that from the age of 14 able pupils could and should be reading from a range of books written for adults , so the number of suitable authors would make any list quite impracticable . |
| 8 | I think you 're , you 're often asked to do reactive tasks when I 've done all my tasks , you know I 've got all my staff doing this , and then I 've got to help down on the shopfloor , and it 's not that I 'm doing something that I 'm , you know , I should be doing as a manager , it 's that I 've done all of mine , and I 'm going out to give them a hand . |
| 9 | As British title holder as well as winner of the British Supercup , Whitham has the ball at his toe you might say and he should be heading for a tilt at the world championships next year . |
| 10 | He should be talking to a shrink . |
| 11 | erm Yes , certainly , I , I would suggest East and St Clements because they have got quite high ethnic populations , and we can perhaps be hoping to start there , because Environmental Health 's already worked there , targeting some of the multi-occupation properties , so they 've got a very high proportion of black people living there , which means that they 're also quite important in the sense of deprivation , but , I mean , we are also very conscious that we should be working on a council estate , and what we , what I would like to do is to simultaneously be starting working in erm a particular sets of communities , is to be given work in consultation in other wards , so that you know , six months down the line before . |
| 12 | Shadow Trade and Industry Secretary Robin Cook accused the Tories of being obsessed with their own ‘ civil war ’ when they should be working on a strategy to revive industry . |
| 13 | The supply ship should be on its way , it should be arriving within a month , if the news had reached London safely . |
| 14 | It was absurd that she had n't guessed straightaway and absurd that he should be standing in a telephone booth somewhere , talking about a queue forming . |
| 15 | Its feathers thrash , its heart must be drumming like a motor , |
| 16 | In Japan , we must be getting to a time when equities are worth buying , so , on a five-year basis , I would choose the Schroder Japan Smaller Companies which has a good reputation , or possibly the Schroder Tokyo fund . |
| 17 | There are , however , some men who assume that a single mother must be looking for a husband . |
| 18 | He must be living in a dream world talking about the traditions and vitality of rural life as if we were still stuck in the Middle Ages . |
| 19 | ‘ She must be going through a lotta pain too . ’ |
| 20 | Must be going to a funeral . |
| 21 | I must be going in a circle round the rock . ’ |
| 22 | You must be dying for a drink . ’ |
| 23 | yes so will this be right , that somebody towards the end of the sale period er might be looking at a brochure that was printed at least eighteen months ago and maybe longer ? |
| 24 | Er , I 've seen other papers where there is a hint that we might be looking for a contribution , er , out of the general budget , er , of that difference , that two hundred and fifty thousand . |
| 25 | It was suggested that the caravan dwellers might be hoping for a house on the new Greenstiles development , but Medstead housing group chairman , David Winter , felt it unlikely . |
| 26 | In fact , that afternoon , Miranda had been worried by the swift rise in share price ; she had asked Adam whether he thought anyone might be buying with a view to a takeover bid . |
| 27 | But you might be talking to a client , says , but at the moment , I 've got no need , erm , or I 've got n no intention of buying now , but I might be buying in a year or two year 's time . |
| 28 | It might be limiting with a change of address it might not . |
| 29 | ‘ It never occurred to me that you might be talking about a postponement . ’ |
| 30 | But you might be talking to a client , says , but at the moment , I 've got no need , erm , or I 've got n no intention of buying now , but I might be buying in a year or two year 's time . |