Example sentences of "i should [vb infin] [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | The producer had the idea that I should appear in a simply ludicrous costume : a German trench coat , knee-length open boots , a black leotard with the upper part of the thighs naked , and hair like Marlene Dietrich ! |
2 | If I should tell at a tea table in London , that I have crossed the Atlantick in an open boat , how they 'd shudder , and what a fool they 'd think me to expose myself to such danger . ’ |
3 | He also had the cheek to suggest I should move into a flat nearer town . |
4 | Twelve thou , you see , I 'm just wondering whether I should quote on a C I F basis which I can do you see , on the basis of , this if I add it up . |
5 | Well then while I was serving as a detective , you can just imagine I made plenty of arrests , and I got along reasonably well with most people , but there was one man I hated yes I hated him , I , I 'd only been a detective I should think for a period of about , oh five or six months , and a man , he called on the Reverend who was the , the vicar of St. Mary where |
6 | Then a guy in Denver called up and told me that I should go to a plumbing supply place and try a piece of pipe , because that way you can find one that fits your finger , and I 've been using the same slide ever since 1967 , I believe . ’ |
7 | When I mentioned Burma , his feeling of satisfaction was obvious , though his sense of integrity had prevented him from deciding that I should go to a country so close to his own heart . |
8 | I was told I should go to a convalescent home to complete my recovery . |
9 | But perhaps I should stop for a moment and explain why Rose was angry about my nose and my hair — and why I , a Rassendyll , said I was an Elphberg . |
10 | I think maybe I should stop at a supermarket . |
11 | I had it in my mind to seek a time and place where I should meet with a man called mad by his fellows , for if such a man spoke strange things of me , none would heed him . |
12 | And there was one point on my form note which er , was because I 'm responsible for recruitment and training procedures , a lot of the documents which , related forms which I should hold as a decision , I should think more sensible for Elizabeth to hold masters of . |
13 | I wondered if I should climb into a barge and pole myself across but the mists still hung over the water , I was cold , frightened , and so , following Benjamin 's instructions , returned to my own chamber . |
14 | Giles went to the kitchen to make coffee , refusing offers of help — ‘ I should get in a fuss and make a fool of myself if watched . ’ |
15 | Erm he erm I should say at a rough guess there would be at least eight . |
16 | No I should say with a er you know , I mean you 've got ta er i if it 's tongue and groove or , or whatever but as I say , tongue and groove is best . |
17 | ‘ When Glyndebourne commissioned my Paraphrase for their 1992 Mozart season , it was they who determined which opera I should use as a background for my piece . |
18 | ‘ I do n't see why I should put on a show for the whole of Crane Beach . ’ |
19 | But Gould said : ‘ I knew the financial problems facing the club when I became manager in the summer and it was my idea that I should work without a contract . |
20 | Now , could someone give me one good reason why I should bow to a woman who , not long ago , was a junior publishing executive with a past spent as a member of a racy set of upper-class party-lovers ? |