Example sentences of "[pers pn] should be [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I 'm not sure that I should be raking up all this , but in a way it is related to Luke 's attitude towards Elise , and you did ask … |
| 2 | ‘ You 're wasting our time and yours when you should be hunting down those IRA swine . ’ |
| 3 | He said : ‘ We are bound to face criticism from both sides , from people saying we should be locking up thousands of juvenile offenders and throwing away the key and others throwing up their hands and saying they are like the old approved schools and will be universities of crime . ’ |
| 4 | They should be picking up other clues about each other too : the accents they speak with , the way they are dressed , the kind of hairstyles they have all tell us something about people we meet . |
| 5 | Maybe there should be a rule if Irish and English people had children they should be brought up Irish — the way the Catholic Church used to insist on the children of Catholics and Protestants being brought up Catholic . |
| 6 | This will not , however , suffice to disguise the fact that this format — bok-bok drums , half-hearted grungy guitars , submerged breathy vocals and a lilting semi-melody — is so lame and tired it should be taken down the vets for a lethal injection . |
| 7 | On his training bags , for example , he should be trying out various double and triple kicking techniques and working out a series of combinations , linked together with speed , timing , delivery , focus and his own personal footwork manoeuvres . |