Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] should " in BNC.

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1 As chairman you should be asking yourself three key questions throughout the meeting :
2 This is a vindictive and intolerant motion it sets an unfortunate precedent and in this debate about freedom we should support the rights of our tenants to choose .
3 Rover insisted on joining them there , the landlady taking care to bolt the door on the outside ‘ for fear we should rob the house ’ .
4 She greeted us with a cheerful smile , and whereas we had been anxious to avoid her for fear she should forbid us to bring our tree into the house , she astonished us by saying : " Hullo , dearies .
5 Richard avoided looking at her , for fear she should think he meant anything particular by it .
6 Then I switched the dim hall light on , and experienced again the initial impact of the tobacco wallpaper and chocolate paint , the threadbare linoleum , the high gloomy ceilings that you were reluctant to look at for fear you should see bats hanging there .
7 Perhaps that was what mothers meant when they insisted you should change your underwear daily for fear you should be run over .
8 I dare n't look round for fear I should see
9 I nodded to them , but when they looked at me I turned away quickly , for fear I should see them exchange puzzled glances .
10 In spite of her bulk she moved swiftly to grab the instrument , and she stepped back for fear it should be taken from her again .
11 And King Henry , alone in his chamber , held his head between his hands for fear it should burst with anger and chagrin , and something else which he did not or would not recognise for pure hatred .
12 It was unlooked-for grace that after supper he should send his page to ask Mistress Hussey to be kind enough to come and speak with him in the small chamber the prince was using as a study .
13 ‘ There 's nothing I 'd like better than to stay here and make love to you all day , but I think after breakfast we should get back to the palazzo . ’
14 Whilst we did not expect the same standard of play we should have expected something better .
15 What type of company/co-operative you should form .
16 ‘ With a bit of luck we should get picked for the Russian ship tomorrow Bill . ’
17 Sight down the neck again , and with a bit of luck it should have moved to form a ‘ crown ’ or hump .
18 With a bit of luck I should get three hours sleep .
19 17.54 ( i ) Pupils should have opportunities to write in a wider range of forms , including a number of the following : notes , diaries , personal letters , formal letters , chronological accounts , reports , pamphlets , reviews ( of books , television programmes , films or plays ) , essays , advertisements , newspaper articles , biography , autobiography , poems , stories , playscripts. ( ii ) Through experience of a wider range of literature they should learn to produce stories which are more consciously crafted , for example , using some detail in the portrayal of characters or settings or with some attempt to introduce elements of suspense or surprise with a skilfully managed resolution .
20 Of course they should divorce .
21 Of course they should .
22 The present book does not pretend to do more than help students to lay some of the foundations of scoring methods , but of course they should be encouraged to keep abreast of all fruitful developments that take place .
23 I do n't know why some of them get like that , well of course they should n't be doctors any how .
24 Of course we should like to find room for everyone , but we just have n't the places .
25 Of course we should n't have expected anything , but Mary and I would have felt rich with only a thousand pounds each , and St John would have been able to help so many more poor people ! ’
26 Of course we should pay tax , ’ said one businessman , quite shocked .
27 Of course we should not endlessly meddle and interfere with the electricity industry in Northern Ireland .
28 Of course we should n't attack , ’ said Siward .
29 Of course we should try and cut costs .
30 I mean yes of course we should live harmoniously together er who would y'know , sector of those people who have taken advantage of the right to buy and and so on and so forth but we talking about housing management in about housing management costs and if you have an estate of y'know being repaired similar houses which a lot of our estates are , it makes sense that they 're managed as it were centrally er and because that 's the most efficient way of doing it erm if you have a variety of different landlords in er one estate or one street and all the houses are similar , when it comes to things like modernisation and so forth it it 's duplicated a great deal of er er er of work and it is not cost efficient and it does n't make any common sense at all .
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