Example sentences of "that [pers pn] should [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He meant , that I should make such fun of him . |
| 2 | In his speech , Charles praised my ‘ sterling contribution ’ to the school and shortly after it Paul came up to me and made the touching suggestion that I should give some classes in the summer term — if I was still free . |
| 3 | there would be a practical advantage in uniting some official knowledge of their wants as well as your artistic skill , on the one hand , with my own claims , whatever they may be considered to be , on the other ; and were they to honour us by proposing a joint appointment , I can only say that I should feel much satisfaction in undertaking this great work in conjunction with a brother Architect for whom I have so great a respect as yourself … |
| 4 | By this time she had decided that I was utterly irresponsible ( in spite of my record toast-making ) , and she said that I should wear warmer clothes . |
| 5 | He argued that I should treat other people 's wants and needs as constraints upon the satisfaction of my own . |
| 6 | I know that it would be the wish of my constituents that I should convey heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved and the injured in their grief and agony . |
| 7 | The fact that I should think this , and thought this at the time when I was one of the leaders of the movement campaigning for the ordination of women , brings it home to me how difficult it was for me to work within that movement . |
| 8 | Subject to that er amendment is it your wish that I should sign those minutes as a true record of that meeting ? |
| 9 | ( Yes , I send her what money I can , and whatever I send , feel always that I should send more … ) |
| 10 | It seemed perfectly natural that I should spend one evening being waited on by uniformed retainers at the home of an important industrialist whose son I taught , and the next in a seedy bar drinking beer with a group of workers from the factory where I gave private courses in technical English . |
| 11 | I 'm convinced that I should lose more weight , then no one could be thinner than I am . |
| 12 | I understand that I should quarantine newly-purchased Koi before introducing them to my pond . |
| 13 | He seems to think that it is fair that I should have first crack since I am the one who has carried the worms about for the last umpteen days . |
| 14 | Er I asked before the enquiry , at the pre-enquiry meeting , that I should have such er any additional representations before the start of the enquiry . |
| 15 | This was surely the coldest and draughtiest station in the country , and I always had to wait there about midnight ; and I used to pray that the train would stop with a door opposite to me , so that I should have some chance of getting on at all . |
| 16 | My request was dismissed with some amusement by my parents who added that I should have more sense than to believe in all that mumbo-jumbo . |
| 17 | He pointed out that , as Production Manager , my work should be supervisory and that I should encourage younger producers by dividing all my shows between them . |
| 18 | Although I am down , I still have my pride and dignity and so I thought it only right that I should remove all the silverware I had brought to the club from the trophy cabinet : my cycling proficiency medal , the Mitchley Majorettes runners-up trophy I nicked from their carnival float , my Winston Churchill commemorative coin and the photograph of Michel Platini and myself talking football outside Broadcasting House whilst both waiting to secure Bruce Forsyth 's autograph . |
| 19 | " I 've worked until I 've dropped so that I should fall asleep with exhaustion and not lie awake remembering you . |
| 20 | Cissie seemed astonished that she should think such a thing . |
| 21 | To her it could just not be right that she should love one man while being married to another . |
| 22 | It was important that she should feel confident to discuss and question the progress of her husband 's condition in the less threatening environment of her own home . |
| 23 | Well , I just want to tell her that I understand her predicament and that she should feel free to call old Sam up anytime . |
| 24 | She knew that she should extend some kind of apology herself , but she knew equally well that she had no intention of doing any such thing . |
| 25 | Daffodil with enthusiasm was telling a cool Bambi that she should try some face cream or other that helped with wrinkles . |
| 26 | Dr Lazenby at Lorton had said that she should take more rest : as if that were possible with a farm , an inn , a husband and a daughter to work and worry about . |
| 27 | Certainly he did not advise the wife that she should seek independent advice . |
| 28 | No one recommended to Mrs. O'Brien that she should obtain legal advice . |
| 29 | It remains true , however , that because of the absolute size of the German economy ( now almost the equivalent of that of France and the United Kingdom combined ) it is inevitable that she should dominate any European Economic Union , particularly one based upon a Single Currency . |
| 30 | Again Beth hesitated , thinking it wrong that she should use this lovely girl in order to lessen her own burden . |