Example sentences of "suggest [pers pn] should [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Are you suggesting I should go out with him ? ’
2 ‘ Are you suggesting I should cook breakfast for you too ? ’
3 ‘ Are you suggesting I should kill him ? ’
4 Sums of money I am describing tonight are large , revenue and capital spending combined , of over three thousand million pounds is many times the amount spent by quangos in Wales outside the health service and the grant represents a large share of my total budget for Wales and I hope members opposite are not suggesting I should cut spending on health , that is a vital service which I thought they supported as well .
5 Instead of merely examining how the law enforcement process in its broadest sense constructs a false image of serious crime and its perpetrators , they suggest we should consider the social construction of criminal law categories .
6 He also had the cheek to suggest I should move into a flat nearer town .
7 I shall ride up on the Norton , ’ he told her , and there was a difficult pause in which she waited for him to suggest she should come up to Liverpool in the New Year .
8 To suggest we should ignore such a sign is as irrational as saying that the blue-black line which appears on the gums due to chronic lead poisoning is of no significance because it does n't cause any pain or discomfort .
9 I 'm not suggesting we should drag all these things up , but they 're all important facets of what communion is about .
10 Libraries have a slightly tattered , establishment image , hoary with antiquarian overtones and bureaucratic regulations , symbolizing a society from which the whole advertisement series referred to was enticingly suggesting we should drop out .
11 He and Flora had arrived three hours after we did , just as the hotel manager was suggesting we should send out a truck to meet them .
12 What do you suggest he should do ?
13 Jeopardy was pleased , even to the point of suggesting they should perform the piece for Mandru together when the time came .
14 And er yes i also , I would think , it 's a little unfortunate this chap happened to have his hand up on that er post there , yo you know , it 's a little bit er ungainly , it 's not sort of a very elegant sort of po I 'm not su suggesting he should pose for you , but I think , maybe had you waited until perhaps he moved his hand out of the way , it might have been a better erm composition .
15 When I told her I was longing to start up on my own she suggested I should take advantage of some of the outhouses — convert them into surgery , waiting-room , office et cetera — and have several rooms in the house for myself .
16 It was Fergus who suggested I should ask you about LaMotte . ’
17 My supervisor suggested I should ask Hermann Bondi to be one of them .
18 I rang him to ask his advice , and he was the one who suggested I should contact the police .
19 Sir Sidney Barton was apprehensive for my safety and suggested I should join him and Lord Airlie on a short hunting trip near the Awash Station .
20 ‘ Of course , I never thought I 'd have a coach as good as Mr O'Dell , but he kindly suggested I should call in on a Saturday afternoon , while the pub was shut … . ’
21 It was Li Chao who first suggested I should have a Chinese name and I was both grateful and honoured when in the course of time he gave me the three-character name of Tdong Lao Fu which meant , literally , ‘ Portrait of Happy Man Climbing Mountain ’ .
22 Then Cully suggested I should come here . ’
23 Old Mrs Gardner , who ran the post office and general store — the only shop in the small Scottish village — knew where most of Mom 's widow 's pension went and suggested I should persuade her to sign a consent form , allowing me to collect the pension .
24 Father suggests I should go to New Zealand for change and practical training in the leather business — six weeks voyage — Doctor in agreement .
25 He suggests I should take responsibility for the actions of abusing men — that I should feel the guilt they obviously do not .
26 Someone has suggested I should try potassium permanganate , but what quantities per gallon should I use ?
27 He put on his shirt and suggested she should wash herself at the sink .
28 She discussed the problem with Tom but he suggested she should bide her time , adding , ‘ The navvies will have finished the road by the time Anna 's wedding comes around .
29 Therefore , the therapist suggested she should stop this medication .
30 It was at this salon at the age of fifteen and a half , working for a day 's wages of £1 plus tips , that she came in contact with Justin de Villeneuve , the man who suggested she should pose for some photographs and who later was to become her mentor .
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