Example sentences of "should [vb infin] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 PAMELA : Sir , I am so well satisfied with Mr. Belville 's affection for me and his well-known honour that I can not think myself obliged to any gentleman who should endeavour to give me a less opinion of either .
2 I should like to ask her a few questions , such as what she really feels about the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) .
3 We should try to make it a significant factor in the dramas we create .
4 In so doing they will be building on their earlier writing experiences which should have given them a positive view of themselves as writers who are capable of making and receiving meanings using a variety of forms depending on audience and purpose .
5 Although Mikhailichenko should have given them a 15th-minute lead , Marseille increasingly controlled the game .
6 Perhaps his teacher should have given him a better word than ‘ tidgy ’ , but they both knew what they meant .
7 She prospered at GSA nevertheless , coming out with the second highest marks in her final year , which should have given her a valuable travelling scholarship .
8 Should have realised it the first time , but that 's what happens when you make assumptions .
9 they they get an allowance for somebody to clean and if they 've got a cleaner , I mean , they should have sacked them a long while ago !
10 ‘ Well , you should have done it a long time ago ; you need a rest . ’
11 I think you should have done it the other way .
12 ‘ You should have smacked him a good one when you had the chance ! ’
13 He says that the hospital should have told them a new machine was n't being bought .
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