Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] be doing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was that meant to be that people like me should be doing spot checks , Richard should tell people like me to do spot checks or Richard was going to do spot checks ? |
| 2 | As a complete an utter novice I am seeking a publication that will explain to me in more or less layman 's terms how my computer works and what I should/could be doing with it ! |
| 3 | The great thing about Dave and Max being such perfectionists is that when they were both pleased with something I 'd figure , ‘ Hey , I must be doing something really right here ! ’ |
| 4 | I must be doing something wrong ! |
| 5 | switched it off , fanned it all back , right and I thought start again , I must be doing something wrong , so I |
| 6 | In the meantime , please do n't hesitate to contact me if there is anything urgent that I should be doing in connection with Olympus . |
| 7 | There were lessons all around me about what I should be doing , where I should be going , but I chose to ignore them . |
| 8 | ‘ Is there anything else I should be doing ? ’ |
| 9 | I read when I should be doing my homework . |
| 10 | I wanted to do it one way , he thought I should be doing it another . |
| 11 | Are you just stirring it , or is there something I should be doing ? ’ |
| 12 | you know what sort of things do you think I should be doing ? |
| 13 | For example , you disapprove of my going to the cinema this evening , but what do you think I should be doing ? |
| 14 | That we might be , not frustrated , you know , frustration is because , I 'm not able to do what I should be doing . |
| 15 | ‘ I should be doing something , ’ she declared , setting her cup down . |
| 16 | Erm well just the Friday and the Saturday when I should be doing all the bookwork , you know , making the tickets up . |
| 17 | Although I 've had form , nobody 's ever told me anything that I should be doing , people come round and say , you have n't done that . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | And I should be doing half day on Thursday . |
| 20 | not painful er but it when you er it is when they 're doing physio and when I do , you know , I have , have to do it myself , I should be doing it every hour . |
| 21 | Is there anything I should be doing to this flat ? |
| 22 | Oh , I should be doing work but I ca n't . |
| 23 | She would have her hair nicely done and I might be doing a bit of sewing . |
| 24 | I might be doing |
| 25 | So I might be doing tennis then . |
| 26 | No , what I meant , is if saying that if I camped onto that number over there 3414 , and if that phone becomes free , this phone starts ringing and I might be doing something , so by the time I 've picked it up to make that connection , suppose 3414 is then making another outgoing call , do I have to camp on yet again to 3414 ? |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll be doing 'em a favour — magazines pay a pittance anyway . |
| 28 | ‘ Well I 'm really looking forward to opening for Gary Moore at London 's Albert Hall next month , and I 'll be doing some club dates in the UK just before that . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ Newcastle are a good side and I 'll be doing my best to get a goal against them . |
| 30 | ‘ Hopefully , I 'll be doing the next Lemonheads album , ’ he says , with exactly the right amount of carelessness , ‘ but I really have to go and do my own thing as well . |