Example sentences of "[modal v] be at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some areas , ‘ truancy patrols ’ have been set up , consisting of teams of usually two persons ( an education welfare officer ( EWO ) and a police officer ) who question youngsters who look as though they should be at school . |
| 2 | And surely the boy should be at school . |
| 3 | By that time she should be at school , and nursery when she 's three . |
| 4 | Yes children should be at school and not at work but how can we ignore all those millions of others now growing up without this opportunity . |
| 5 | IT will doubtless be cataclysmic to learn that out is the last place cats should be at night . |
| 6 | But even if the state is driven to an action , if at the same time the citizen is put at a serious disadvantage in the assertion of his legal , in this case of his constitutional , rights , by defence in the suit , justice may require that he should be at liberty to avoid those disadvantages by paying promptly and bringing suit on his side . |
| 7 | But even if the state is driven to an action , if at the same time the citizen is put at a serious disadvantage in the assertion of his legal , in this case of his constitutional , rights , by defence in the suit , justice may require that he should be at liberty to avoid those disadvantages by paying promptly and bringing suit on his side . |
| 8 | But even if the state is driven to an action , if at the same time the citizen is put at a serious disadvantage in the assertion of his legal , in this case of his constitutional rights , by defence in the suit , justice may require that he should be at liberty to avoid those disadvantages by paying promptly and bringing suit on his side . |
| 9 | But even if the state is driven to an action , if at the same time the citizen is put at a serious disadvantage in the assertion of his legal , in this case of his constitutional rights , by defence in the suit , justice may require that he should be at liberty to avoid those disadvantages by paying promptly and bringing suit on his side . |
| 10 | No servant should be at liberty to carry it off to a rival in trade and thus save him the expense and expertise of doing it himself " . |
| 11 | ‘ But you should be at work by now , Heathcliff . ’ |
| 12 | He felt himself passing his tongue over his lips ; it was unreal , everything that was happening ; he should be at home in the parlour , playing the piano , staring at the |
| 13 | She therefore advertised the garage as being for rent , and at the same time got herself a job as a secretary to an insurance broker , to fill in the time until Peter should be at home permanently or a family should arrive . |
| 14 | All being well , that should be at home to Genoa the following week . |
| 15 | If he needed to be questioned again it was right that it should be at home and with his parents present . |
| 16 | He should be at home in his father 's mansion , not listening to the ranting of some deranged maniac on the eve of what must surely be the one of the largest battles in the Empire 's history . |
| 17 | " He thought the kids should be at home with me . " |
| 18 | I thought by now I should be at home , I thought by now I should have secured peace , or died honourably in the attempt . |
| 19 | Women were silly creatures and should be at home with the washing machine instead of closing business deals … |
| 20 | Oh er of course they erm , they did n't believe in married women working and er they thought a married woman should be at home you see , well I had n't got any family then you see , until er after oh we 'd been married a number of years when we had , when I had my first baby and er and then I had the other one pretty quickly and er then I was glad to go out to work again when they were school age , they were n't left unattended at all er one , the elder one looked after the one , we did n't live , we lived in then but erm there was n't any pressure for me to stay at home , it was with my husband 's consent , because he knew it was helping out because rent man 's wages were n't very good then , and erm he er he finished , he finished at the pits you see and he got a job rent collecting , and he er he used to do miles he 'd cycle part of the way and then er he 'd perhaps leave his cycle somewhere and call back for it , but he used to do all the and all round there , there 's a place called and then er a lot of places er he used to do the old , is this , is this on , erm he used to do round , round the top there there were some slums there . |
| 21 | Yeah , I 'm out tomorrow night , I 'm out school , selling books again so should be at home |
| 22 | In this passage , Paul reminds his readers not only that that they should be at peace , but also where that peace will have its origin . |
| 23 | I got five hundred , gets up to top of 's stepped off , who should be at bus stop , our Angela . |
| 24 | Mr Berkley had almost felt pity for him , and genuinely regretted that they should be at war . |
| 25 | One of the senior staff in the Home should be at hand to deal with formalities . |
| 26 | Screens should be at eye level so the neck and shoulders are straight , and employers will be obliged to provide appropriate stands to raise screens to the required height . |
| 27 | In addition , the analysis indicated that each of the main functional divisions ( ie operational , support and business ) should be at executive level so that all aspects of College activities would be reflected in the development of policies and in the overall management of the College . |
| 28 | He did n't know ‘ what statement Mr. Gibbon had made to the other gentlemen or what reasoning they could have employed so as to sign a paper declaring the fact of urinous vomiting to be utterly impossible — here I must be at issue with them believing as I do … from my little physiological knowledge , that vomiting of urine for 26 weeks is by no means impossible … ’ . |
| 29 | The modules to be entered can contain modules known and unknown to LIFESPAN , subject to the conditions specified below , but all modules must be at development versions ( ie. LIFESPAN ABLE will not allow approved modules to be entered directly into LIFESPAN ) . |
| 30 | I says oh , it must be at home ! |