Example sentences of "should not [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Ron said that I should not go on to the track and kill myself because I might pull a hamstring .
2 To avoid boredom one activity should not go on for too long , so always have a variety of activities ready .
3 Much of Thatcherism is common sense and it should not go out of fashion .
4 He was then released on bail and , as is the custom , the police required conditions of his bail that he should not go back to his girlfriend 's address to prevent any possibility of any further offending .
5 The question of taking pension holidays in between out of surplus is a sort of mid midway position , but er very definitely we feel strongly that money should not go back to the company .
6 While most , for example narcissi and scillas , should be planted as soon as they are bought , tulips should not go in to the garden until November .
7 But a more novel objection came from Dr Leonard Wilson , when Bishop of Birmingham , and who opened a school without wearing gaiters as a form of protest because he believed : ‘ Bishops should not dress up in the way of the decadent eighteenth century . ’
8 ‘ This sort of thing just should not end up in court .
9 It 's our Party and we should not give up without a fight .
10 Coun Arthur Taylor said there was no planning opposition so they should not give in to the vandals by refusing the application .
11 Businessmen should not set up in a market where they will be powerless to enforce their credit terms .
12 It was heartfelt and deep , but Theo should not run off with the idea that it was all laughter and light and the cooing of turtle doves .
13 ‘ But I shall be making it quite clear to the Government that we should not lose out in Scotland as a consequence of the possibility that only one Objective 1 area could be added from the UK . ’
14 I myself would I am sure hereafter regret not visiting this part of V. D. L. , and under all circumstances I have agreed with Lady Franklin to wait one week longer after which to return if the wind should not come round to the eastward or northeast , either of these winds would take us to the desired place in a few hours .
15 It was important that members of the Party should not come out with calls for a referendum on capital punishment , as some candidates were reported to have done .
16 But there was no reason why she should not stretch out on the forward superstructure and get in a little sunbathing .
17 They sensed the change in political mood and were anxious that the Conservatives should not get out of step with the public .
18 This means that you should not turn up in casual clothes which express your out-of-work personality , enchanting as that may be , nor should you wear the sort of ‘ best ’ clothes which would make you the star at a party but which are patently unsuitable for day-today working situations .
19 They should not play about with people 's livelihoods .
20 Lay members , experienced in industrial relations , know what an employer should or should not put up with , equally they know what an employee can expect .
21 I knew this and I knew it was a weakness in him and I should not put up with it .
22 On the other hand the United States should not write off in advance certain parts of Asia to communism without examining what might or might not be done .
23 For too long now , she had been starved of one particular need , the kind a respectable woman should not dwell on for too long , a deep-down need that only a man could satisfy .
24 Finally , the scanner should not mess about with the image through fixed dither patterns or their various equivalents , we need to let the software do this .
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