Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] should not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result was that very soon indeed afterwards my father came with a very sad but kind face in to the room where I sat alone and told me he was sure I should not do that sort of thing again . |
| 2 | But erm I 'm sure you should not look on the Institute as a sort of vehicle for introducing western technology . |
| 3 | When you come to internal democracy and how much , say , the pupils have , I agree with Bob that is a very tricky one and certainly you ca n't just transplant erm democracy onto what is really a rather authoritarian system , you 'd have to prepare and train pupils much more than we do and what I think is the most dangerous thing is playing at democracy which I am sure we should not do in schools . |
| 4 | President Cristiani , who at the beginning of February flew to New York for meetings with UN representatives , agreed to the meeting but requested that while Pérez de Cuéllar could be present he should not participate . |
| 5 | When the Foreign Office List made its first appearance " it was strongly objected to in certain quarters , as likely to afford information to the general public with regard to the office , which they thought it advisable they should not possess , and much information was for a time withheld " . |
| 6 | In the right context , at the right moment , they can sound to marvellous effect , and if this suits a composer 's aesthetic he should not hesitate to cultivate their occasional use ( cf. |
| 7 | Gabriel always slept under the stage , however , wrapped in a massively expensive duck-down quilt , because Garvey was anxious he should not catch cold . |