Example sentences of "[pron] we should [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Letters not specifically addressed to individuals or departments should also pass through this unit , and could be logged , if response monitoring were to be extended from the current obligation we have to log ‘ environmental ’ enquiries ( which we should also talk about ) . |
| 2 | Our days weave together the simple pleasures of daily life , which we should never take for granted , and the higher pleasures of Art and Thought which we may now taste as we please , with none to forbid or criticise . |
| 3 | 5.6 There is another important adjectival position which we should now introduce . |
| 4 | Think of situations where death , which we should usually see as outrageous and abnormal , is welcomed , as in the dying of extreme sufferers or those whose continued existence is a threat to the lives of others . |
| 5 | ‘ And yet to have been there and heard none of the holy words which we should naturally have listened for from those lips at such a time — how distressing ! ’ |
| 6 | I mean , I , I was very much got the impression from her I , I 'm sorry I did n't get a name , the chap I was speaking to , but erm it , he , he was very distinct that we should get a letter from I S and that have conformation and , and , er and send it on , you know , that , they all should also should get a copy , so it , it strikes me we should perhaps write a write to I S and perhaps send a copy with a covering letter to British Section |
| 7 | Tillyard 's belief that Elizabethan literature could provide an encouragement in countering a threat to civilisation may now seem naive and intellectually misplaced , but within the context of its origins it is not something we should immediately deride . |
| 8 | This purely pictorial device is something we should never have imagined possible in fifth-century sculpture if we did not have it before us . |
| 9 | Presume we we should also write to Peter and ask him if he 's got any spare safety money to er |
| 10 | Work in a museum did not encourage the study of what we should now call ecological relationships . |
| 11 | So I mean if you , if that 's how you actually feel then what we should really do is to sign a note at some stage saying you are fit for work on a certain date . |
| 12 | Now , in terms of naming these always you go for the longest straight shape that you can , by straight straight really is in inverted commas what we should really say the longest continuous chain that you can find in other words , you 'd have to go back on yourself . |
| 13 | I did , you 'll have to forgive me , I mean I think for the sake of those who were not at the meeting erm what we should really say is that actually said that he wanted to hear what kind of a parish we are so that he could attempt to match the , the incoming priest with you know the need of the parish . |
| 14 | It may be that work since the mid-seventies , valuable as much of it is , has in fact done no more than to clarify how much more we need to investigate and to highlight what we should always have known — that writing and the teaching of writing are immensely complex activities . |