Example sentences of "should [vb infin] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I should want to use him in a completely different context , of course … |
| 2 | That anyone should want to kill anyone on this tender lovely evening was a concept beyond the understanding of all of them . |
| 3 | The local enterprise companies in Scotland would want to consider the matter , although I doubt whether at this stage we should want to regard it as the responsibility of the LECs to give individual support or subsidy to people seeking such a qualification . |
| 4 | ‘ You should 've sent me to a decent school , ’ said Camille . |
| 5 | Had to be paid , it ca n't be paid by the twenty eighth it 's er you know well if I could 've got hold of David or er , Andrew , I was gon na give Andrew a right bollocking for just pushing it in and he should 've sent it to er , Michael , Michael 's just got it shoved in front of his nose a in Edinburgh . |
| 6 | I should 've ended it before that . |
| 7 | Oh so you should 've got them for January ? |
| 8 | Not only was it edible , it was superb , we should 've captured it on camera . |
| 9 | I should 've learnt everything by the time I was thirty , not wait until I was in me forties . |
| 10 | Well you should 've put it on your plate . |
| 11 | I should prefer to watch him in the primeval forests of his native land , wielding an axe against some giant tree . |
| 12 | The reader should resist the temptation to think of the law as a closed set of rules and principles , and should strive to see it as a setting in which the business of politics and government is carried on . |
| 13 | He was surprised that the doctor should seek to draw him into such boldness with one who was of the other sex , and the daughter of a friend . |
| 14 | It is right that in the negotiations , which must remain confidential , they should seek to prevent us from going too far too soon . |
| 15 | ‘ If the Europeans fight like hell over new investment and where European headquarters should be , maybe we should consider running everything from here in Detroit , the way it used to be . |
| 16 | Do n't you think that maybe it was just a teeny-weeny bit curious or stupid or disgusting that Morrissey should choose to wrap himself in the flag ? |
| 17 | In the front hall — in case any burglar should choose to throw himself through the fireproof glass in the window or slice through the mortise lock with a flame gun — was a selection of things to trip over . |
| 18 | I should like to see you at least twice a week . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ If I have to look at you , ’ Aunt Emily said without rancour , ‘ I should like to see you in a new dress . |
| 20 | but I should like to examine it for a little longer . |
| 21 | I should like to remind you of five background factors that are relevant to the training course we propose . |
| 22 | I should like to thank everyone in the Division for all the hard work which has gone into making 1990 a year of significant progress . |
| 23 | I should like to thank them for their outstanding contribution to BP , extending over many years . |
| 24 | I should like to present you to my mother and great-aunts . |
| 25 | I should like to inform him of an exercise that is being carried out by Doug Bulmer , the president of the British Association of Colliery Management . |
| 26 | ‘ This young girl you 've engaged , Mrs Markham , ’ she said , laying great emphasis on the word girl , ‘ I should like to get her into my ways or , shall we say , Harry 's ways , before I leave . |
| 27 | When I get them , I should like to send them to you to copy ’ . ) |
| 28 | And how strange it was that , after all these months of resolutely not thinking about her old life in the States , she should begin to remember it with such pleasure ! |
| 29 | You can bring notes with you for the talk but you should avoid reading them to your audience . |
| 30 | You can work with very subtle self-patterned fabrics , and pieces of lace can be very successful , but once again you should avoid choosing anything with too striking a pattern . |