Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] should [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Once a snow arête becomes steeply angled you should revert to the short rope technique . |
| 32 | D'Aubigny rose , greeted us civilly and indicated we should sit with him . |
| 33 | Three of the studies pointed out that this was common in elderly patients , and that this indicated they should receive lower and/or less frequent doses . |
| 34 | ‘ Spot of bother ? ’ he enquired jauntily as Tweed indicated he should sit in the chair beside his desk . |
| 35 | What I felt was quite different from what I decided I should feel two days ago . |
| 36 | But that meant I would be poor unless I married a rich wife , so he decided I should marry Bertha Mason , the daughter of his wealthy friend Jonas Mason . |
| 37 | Coming upon me as it did , however , in the midst of such a busy period , I could not afford to let it preoccupy me unduly , and I thus decided I should resolve it at the earliest opportunity . |
| 38 | My mother , not believing in idleness and thinking of the long months that lay ahead of me , decided I should learn embroidery . |
| 39 | I decided I should try them at a rave . |
| 40 | In fact , if the treatment really worked I should have been Elastoplasted all over . |
| 41 | If the treatment really worked I should have been elastoplasted all over . |
| 42 | I 'm just a counterman , and if my boss knew my wife worked I should get the sack , because people would think he did n't pay me enough ’ . |
| 43 | Caroline cut the split ends off Meera 's hair but decided she should keep the length . |
| 44 | Problem No. 9 : When Mark moved out , hubby decided we should paper our house ( screams of anguish ) . |
| 45 | They reached Catte Street and Corbett decided they should stay in the tavern where they had stabled their horses . |
| 46 | So convincing was he that Amiram Nir , the Israeli counter-terrorism man — whose presence at the talks was even more risky — decided he should change his hair too . |
| 47 | But the wing commander sadly decided he should return to GD duties . |
| 48 | ‘ We both decided he should play in the reserves on Thursday . |
| 49 | I think he got good medical care and was kept comfortable , and God decided he should die , and I could n't prevent it . |
| 50 | ‘ It 's a fine afternoon — and early-closing day , so he decided he should take his camera along to the Tower of London . |
| 51 | The publisher had made a decision , no doubt on sound commercial information , about the viability of the book as a course text and decided it should have a more restricted clientele who are in a position to buy a large-format , expensive paperback . |
| 52 | After last year 's inaugural event was such a success , raising £4,000 , the association decided it should become an annual event . |
| 53 | ft was wrong , one Kufran Islamic socialist explained , that a man who owned a drilling machine should keep 80 per cent of what it earned each month while those who worked it should share only 20 per cent . |
| 54 | He once said he thought inheritance should be banned and I asked him if that meant I should leave all our money to his brother ! ’ said his father . |
| 55 | She meant I did n't girn or make a fuss , and meant I should have stayed that way . |
| 56 | ‘ Once I felt I should go mad because I could n't finish The Watsons . ’ |
| 57 | Even then I felt guilty about it , and felt I should give the money back . ’ |
| 58 | One is , is really , I felt I should reply in support of Mr concerning some of Mr 's remarks . |
| 59 | There were times , subsequently , when I felt I should have hired a second vet to check the location and fitting of my own cranium . |
| 60 | I always felt I should have been able to protect my mother better but I could n't . |