Example sentences of "should [vb infin] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want to know what is behind this first , ’ he snapped , ‘ because for the life of me I can not understand why a man in his position should want to take up with the likes of you . |
| 2 | We should prefer to go along with the European Communitywide scheme so that British industry is not put at a disadvantage . |
| 3 | I should need to go in on the eleventh to clear up I expect . |
| 4 | I should like to deal briefly with the most important of these . |
| 5 | I should like to point out to the House just how ignorant we are about many of the matters on which we legislate . |
| 6 | Booksellers should begin to look seriously at the possibilities of stocking multimedia products , or run the risk of losing out to consumer electronics retailers and an erosion of their market . |
| 7 | They should begin to learn explicitly about the uses of the apostrophe and the exclamation mark . |
| 8 | Ten months is quite long enough to wait and you should try to get back to the specialist for another course of the ‘ kick-start ’ treatment . |
| 9 | She had suggested that I should go and fill it , but there had been ice and snow outside , and darkness , and to reach the coal I should have to climb down into the concrete bunker . |