Example sentences of "i should [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 Even then I felt guilty about it , and felt I should give the money back . ’
2 I should prefer the headland without it but it 's beginning to look as if it had a right to be there . ’
3 If so , it is deplorable because I should prefer the remit to be allocated , as it were , by the Secretary of State for Scotland or by the Minister .
4 I have marked this letter confidential , since I should prefer the proposals re my Will to remain confidential at this particular time .
5 And before calling Amendment Number Five I should remind the Committee that if it should be agreed to , I will be unable to call Amendment Number Six .
6 That he heard I was so tremendously successful in the Gothic style that if he let me alone I should Gothicize the whole country , &c. , &c. , & c .
7 ‘ I suppose you think I should tell the police , ’ said Charlotte , after describing the telephone call with which her niece 's kidnappers had broken their silence .
8 The negro policeman was quite keen that I should stay the night in Santa Fé .
9 I think that this is important — I am sure that the House will agree that this is important and that I should explain the background to the answer that I have previously given .
10 ‘ I had the confinement — I should choose the name , ’ she told Tempy .
11 Is there a car park I should move the car to ? ’
12 Perhaps I should leave the last word to my son .
13 After , two women filed into the dock , and with a whisper of mock modesty an official suggested that I should leave the court as the case concerned prostitution .
14 But there is no issue for which simply to deduce from socially prescribed principles combined with factual propositions would be anything but a mechanical conformity ; I know why I should do the prescribed thing only if , at least at my moments of fullest awareness from other viewpoints , I feel moved to do so .
15 ‘ She told me she always put the most beautiful girls next to Bernard when setting the table for a party , and that I should do the same , because you want to give the best to the man you love . ’
16 Does it confuse you that I should do the talking and you the listening ?
17 The other thing I 'm wondering whether I should do the Petroline order which in fact flew on its first leg to Rome yesterday .
18 As a Magistrate I think I should advise the Noble Lord , Lord Tebbit , that most crime is indeed local based , despite the prevalence of bicycles in this upwardly mobile society of ours .
19 and the a the idea of of erm the butch woman in dungarees , as being the feminist , erm and the women that burnt her bra or whatever was a feminist of the seventies , but it does n't mean to say that the ideas are n't still there , and I still want to be treated as an equal , but I do , I do n't see that I should change the way that I dress or the way that that I want to act
20 Anyway , if a sanitary inspector came in here I should think the whole place would be condemned . ’
21 I should think the boot 's on the other foot when it comes to corruption , dear girl .
22 Cobalt said to her : ‘ I should think the Post could afford to pay to keep you here a few more days . ’
23 I should think the amount of money spent subsidising the residents would have seemed rather odd to members as well .
24 ‘ I 'll have to see , of course , but I should think the lads will come if we get plenty beer in . ’
25 So I should think the groups will be
26 I should think the weather will change before then
27 Department numbers and how you spend it so you must have to fill this card in I should think The only the only department is the cosmetics that 's not we 'll ask when we get there .
28 I should think the one 's whose most vulnerable is Clare Montgomery .
29 Well I should think the pink one look er hairbands apparently .
30 Oh I should think the garage publicized it .
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