Example sentences of "should [vb infin] [verb] [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I loved him ; what more natural than that I should want to give him the chance to love me back ? |
| 2 | There is no more natural monopoly than the public utility of water supply and it is obscene that anyone should seek to make it the instrument of private advantage . |
| 3 | For my purpose I should like to call him the man in the jury box , for the moral judgement of society must be something about which any twelve men or women drawn at random might after discussion be expected to be unanimous . |
| 4 | They should have called it the charge of the bike brigade . |
| 5 | Should have nabbed him the park though ! |
| 6 | ‘ That she should have given him the letter a week after his arrival . |
| 7 | The arrival of Deacon Billingsley should have given me the satisfaction that my telephone call had been treated seriously , but I sensed this policeman was not going to offer me any satisfaction at all . |
| 8 | Should have given us the money , money . |
| 9 | should have given us the nudge . |
| 10 | This 28-day programme should have given you the opportunity to come to terms with your body . |
| 11 | I should have given you the benefit of the doubt . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I suppose I should have given you the choice before I took matters into my own hands . ’ |
| 13 | It was the Edinburgh man 's only success from four attempts , and with Nick White failing with four attempts earlier in the game , the Scots squandered opportunities that should have won them the game comfortably . |
| 14 | But you should have told me the truth from the beginning . |