Example sentences of "should [vb infin] [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a design of this kind , where the flowers and leaves are built up in layers , you should try to look at the outline that will be visible ( in this case , the outer leaves ) , and make sure that they are lying at pleasing angles . |
| 2 | You should try to look at the situation objectively and philosophically , and , if you can , keep a sense of humour . |
| 3 | The functions of the organisation should therefore be kept in mind in data analysis , even though in principle data analysis should attempt to look at the organisation independent of any processes . |
| 4 | We should have eaten at the pub . |
| 5 | Perhaps I should have said at the beginning , although I hope it 's obvious , that the speaker of this poem is , of course , coming back to the town where he was born . |
| 6 | The tall beans should have gone at the back . |
| 7 | The fire which should have flared at the entrance was a pile of wet ash and the oil-topped torches were extinguished . |
| 8 | It is hardly surprising that he should have jumped at the chance of establishing his ‘ Samba school ’ in Paris . |
| 9 | We should have realized at the time that in the emergency of AD 196 there would not have been time to build walls round town defences . |
| 10 | If you really wanted to learn something you should have started at the top . |
| 11 | I should have screamed at the start — whenever the start could now be said to be . |
| 12 | idea of the theory , which is something that probably should have come at the beginning but it does n't matter too much . |
| 13 | Both groups should have reported at the end of 1982 , though engineering will take longer , and other subject groups will be set up in due course . |
| 14 | Then , alone there in his room , I began to laugh , as I should have laughed at the time . |