Example sentences of "should [be] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jean had n't long passed her driving test and I tried to help by pointing out when she should be moving up through the gears . |
| 2 | ‘ Laz , before you get your trusty Smith and Whatever platinum plated , do n't you think we should be getting down to the business , which is your business . |
| 3 | Perhaps we should be getting back to the roots of organisations like the RA and footpath preservation societies in encouraging people to wander more freely and make use of neglected local paths . |
| 4 | And then , all I 've done is worked out some time management and say well if these guys turn up at half past eight every morning and I give them a break at ten o'clock , and they get a lunch break and then in afternoon , another break , and they finish at half past four , if everything goes to plan , by four o'clock Friday , my van should be backing up at the end of the production line to load itself up with a thousand widgets . |
| 5 | By right and custom , he himself and James here should be going back to the house for the reading of the will , but this very new Sir Joseph had made it evident yesterday that he wanted no reading done in the house and that he would let them know when he wanted the matter dealt with . |
| 6 | At first I took them for Maria 's , though it seemed strange that she should be going down to the beach at that time . |
| 7 | He did n't know why he was saying these words ; deep down he knew that he should be running back to the truck and getting the rescue organized . |
| 8 | Part of the problem is that , because we know we should be cutting down on the amount of sugar we eat , we 're turning more and more to diet drinks , which contain artificial sweeteners like saccharin . |
| 9 | An hour later , the second time zone results should be coming in from the Mid-West . |