Example sentences of "[vb infin] [subord] [pers pn] should [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blake did n't know if he should hit the Doctor . |
| 2 | Celia hesitated and then plunged on : ‘ I do n't know if I should mention this , but Yorick was very upset that Ivor was n't there . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , then I do n't know if I should tell you . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't know if I should wake you . |
| 5 | Bob knocked back his coffee , and I was about to stand when he said , ‘ Listen , Alex , I do n't know if I should say this to a poet , but there are some things a damn sight more urgent than the doggerel of a dead country squire . |
| 6 | I do n't know whether we should bring those plants in tonight because erm they reckon it 's going to become frosty those ones that we have n't planted yet and the hanging baskets . |
| 7 | For example , we do not know whether we should attribute Stevenage 's low casualty rates ( 3.9 per 1,000 population in 1979 compared to 6.5 for British towns as a whole ) to its pedestrianised town centre , its extensive cycleway system or some other reason . |
| 8 | Well I , I do n't know whether I should make a or |
| 9 | Dr Kent , I do n't know whether I should ask them at all . |
| 10 | Well nowadays I do n't know whether you should record this or not , but nowadays erm they 'll not go unless they 've been to the bar or something before that well unfortunately Leslie 's not able to drink now , he ca n't after his operation , he ca n't take , it just upsets him altogether so he ca n't go to the bar and all the rest of the company have been to the bar and they 're in a different mood than what Leslie is , so Leslie 'll just not go , and it just , it 's kind of , cut him off |
| 11 | You see I put me poster up in the window and then me flipping dad said to me I do n't know whether you should have that poster up , what if Miss is around , Conservative , so I bloody took it down and put it in a magazine , I thought when we 've got |
| 12 | Before the weekend was out she would know whether she should stay or go back to London . |
| 13 | She did n't know whether she should take his penis into her mouth , and did n't like to ask him . |
| 14 | And one of one of the things that I 've got on a regular basis is the many of the things Harlow Council put on like pop concerts country and western have actually been used by people who who perhaps live outside of Harlow so the Council are now looking at a charging policy but also we should also gon na introduce into the theatre is the leisure card which actually includes that the people actually live in the town local and the reproductional sort of show if they can do so they should buy . |
| 15 | She had no idea what she would do if she should find him there . |
| 16 | let's just see whether we should use powder or not |
| 17 | This Panel is made up of Social Work and Health staff who will decide if you should receive the Service . |
| 18 | The F-A will now decide whether it should take action against the men which may include banning them from football for life . |
| 19 | By the time I reached the address , I could not decide whether I should ask him to wait . |
| 20 | In respect of in public services , it was a minefield for a long time and perhaps we did not react as we should have done in the early eighties . |
| 21 | Maybe when he had gone — his was a powerful enough presence out here ; she did n't care to think what effect the restricting confines of the cabin might have if he should follow her . |
| 22 | Lili frowned , and I wondered what would happen if I should say that the wedding was cancelled . |
| 23 | I wondered what would happen if I should say that I wished she had n't . |
| 24 | I imagined what would happen if I should tear the sleeves out , or cut it up , or run to the kitchen for the tomato-ketchup and pour it all over the bodice ; if I should rip out the collar with my teeth . |
| 25 | He shifted restlessly on the bed , thinking of what would happen if he should die without issue . |
| 26 | However this position will change if it should become necessary to issue court proceedings . |
| 27 | Those problems have not been solved — just as we said that they would not be — because the Government did not take the issue seriously enough and did not press as they should have pressed for the substantial reforms that were needed . |
| 28 | I see the time coming when the human race will rule as it should rule , as benevolent gardeners , with a great garden in its care . |
| 29 | I wondered what he would say if I should remark that just outside the right-hand frame there lay a disused water wheel , and that the low wall of the ruined house had a hollow place where it was comfortable to sit , shaded by what remained of the pigeon tower . |
| 30 | It must also ask whether we should concentrate more on actually reducing our demand for energy in the first place . |