Example sentences of "[that] he should [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's typical of Rex really that he should blame the poor man who died for all his troubles . |
| 2 | Thereafter only Ward on the final afternoon played with any real confidence and it was fitting that he should score the only century of the tour just before the end of the match . |
| 3 | ‘ Steve was suffering a slight twinge , but the selectors found it extraordinary that he should treat the national championship as a kind of training session and jump off just five strides , ’ said Ward . |
| 4 | As a developer , it was important that he should know the exact route which it was to take . |
| 5 | Would not my right hon. Friend be insulting British farmers if he were to suggest that he should decimate the financial support available to them so that it could be given to M. Delors for use as a slush fund for so-called cohesion — a bribe to the countries of southern Europe ? |
| 6 | Wherefore as God had granted him all those dominions , it seemed just to them that he should accept the imperial title also , when it was offered to him by the consent of all Christendom . |
| 7 | It was intended that he should enter the medical profession but for financial reasons this became impossible , and when only seventeen he joined the office of the district superintendent of the line of the London and North Western Railway at Euston . |