Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I loved him ; what more natural than that I should want to give him the chance to love me back ? |
| 2 | There is no more natural monopoly than the public utility of water supply and it is obscene that anyone should seek to make it the instrument of private advantage . |
| 3 | For my purpose I should like to call him the man in the jury box , for the moral judgement of society must be something about which any twelve men or women drawn at random might after discussion be expected to be unanimous . |
| 4 | The bus stops again at the Kensington Hilton , a hotel so much on the edge of Kensington that had it been built 10 feet to the west , they should have called it the Shepherds Bush Hilton . |
| 5 | They should have called it the charge of the bike brigade . |
| 6 | Should have nabbed him the park though ! |
| 7 | ‘ That she should have given him the letter a week after his arrival . |
| 8 | The arrival of Deacon Billingsley should have given me the satisfaction that my telephone call had been treated seriously , but I sensed this policeman was not going to offer me any satisfaction at all . |
| 9 | should have given us the nudge . |
| 10 | Should have given us the money , money . |
| 11 | This 28-day programme should have given you the opportunity to come to terms with your body . |
| 12 | I should have given you the benefit of the doubt . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose I should have given you the choice before I took matters into my own hands . ’ |
| 14 | Should have realised it the first time , but that 's what happens when you make assumptions . |
| 15 | I think you should have done it the other way . |
| 16 | It was the Edinburgh man 's only success from four attempts , and with Nick White failing with four attempts earlier in the game , the Scots squandered opportunities that should have won them the game comfortably . |
| 17 | But you should have told me the truth from the beginning . |
| 18 | I should have told you the Huns have balloons the way you have the runs , but they are short of skilled observers ? |
| 19 | Absolutely , you did n't come here and kick and rush , you did n't come here and defend , you played some delightful football , football I know you always like to play , that must have pleased you the way the game was played . |
| 20 | He believed she must have sent him the bill personally , wanting to meet him as much as he wanted to meet her . |
| 21 | Mrs Westaway is usually very good at keeping him under control , but he must have given her the slip somehow . |
| 22 | The girl must have given him the elbow , Harriet decided . |
| 23 | Somebody must have undressed her the night before . |
| 24 | Benny knew that they must have got her the velvet dress with the lacy collar and the pumps to go with it . |
| 25 | I 'll need to show you the ropes . ’ |
| 26 | The reason for her secrecy was that if Brian thought there was any doubt about Jasper and Bienvida 's paternity he might stop paying her the so a week child support . |
| 27 | Well obviously I 'll have to give you the illustrations . |
| 28 | Oh I always give you first cup , I 'll have to give you the last one then . |
| 29 | Now we could n't do it anyway next year , we 'll have to do it the following year as we 've heard earlier . |
| 30 | And you 'll have to tell me the name of your |