Example sentences of "he should be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Simon of Glaisdale has written : ‘ In 1951 Sir Winston [ Churchill ] particularly wanted [ Sir Walter Monckton ] in the unenviable post of Minister of Labour , and ( presumably by way of compensation ) undertook in writing that he should be appointed Lord Chief Justice on the next vacancy . ’ |
| 2 | About the year 944/1537–8 , the two kazaskers , Ebussu'ud Efendi and Civizade , the latter a teacher of Molla Bostan 's , spoke well of him in the presence of Sultan Suleyman ; and as a result of their intercession , and of the sultan 's interest in a monograph that Molla Bostan had recently written , it was decreed that he should be appointed to a medrese . |
| 3 | The assault on Labour 's tax policies appeared to miss its target ; the Tories ’ handling of Labour 's controversial election broadcast on the health service served only to put the NHS at the forefront of the campaign ; and Mr Major and his advisers seemed uncertain how he should be presented . |
| 4 | It was inevitable that he should be nicknamed ‘ the Ferret ’ , although seldom in his hearing . |
| 5 | He wanted a promise that as soon as the baby appeared he should be sent for , ‘ even in the dead of night ’ so that he might be the first to kiss it . |
| 6 | At fourteen his probation officer suggested he should be sent to borstal , but Gary managed to evade that fate . |
| 7 | Sheila Collings stormed : ‘ He should be sent down forever . |
| 8 | On Sept. 27 former Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry was resentenced to six months in prison for cocaine possession [ see p. 38330 ] , but would remain at liberty until federal authorities decided which penitentiary he should be sent to . |
| 9 | He should be sent on a PR course . |
| 10 | He 'll be examined by psychiatrists , who will then make recommendations as to where he should be sent next . |
| 11 | He should be sent to Broadmoor and the key thrown away . |
| 12 | When the patient is conscious he should be reorientated and explanations and information offered . |
| 13 | The scandal would ruin him and mean the end of his political career if he should be named as corespondent in a divorce case . |
| 14 | He should be resting . " |
| 15 | He helped to make laws , though it never really occurred to him that he should be governed by them . |
| 16 | Since he does not intend to have sexual intercourse , he should be acquitted of attempted rape in this situation . |
| 17 | A publisher is not , however , permitted to argue that he should be acquitted because his publication is less obscene than others which are freely circulated . |
| 18 | He may also have been influenced by the favour shown by Parliament to his friend , Philip Herbert , fourth Earl of Pembroke [ q.v. ] , when it voted that he should be indemnified for his losses in the war . |
| 19 | ‘ Some people say he should be destroyed . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Lord Altrincham is a bounder , ’ thundered the Earl of Strathmore , ‘ he should be shot . ’ |
| 21 | He should be brushed daily to prevent his coat becoming badly knotted again . |
| 22 | There was nothing analytical in the experience , only a sense of wonder that things should be as he saw them and , in particular , that he should be involved . |
| 23 | ‘ But I do n't see why he should be troubled by these details . |
| 24 | Pascoe is back on Wearside after a four-month loan spell with Swansea and Roker No 2 Ferguson said : ‘ He should be bashing on the door to get into this side . |
| 25 | These expressions may constitute either a promise , by which the maker of the statement intends that he should be bound , or a representation which is not intended to operate as a promise but is made with the intention and does have the effect of persuading the other party to enter into the contract . |
| 26 | He should be listening to parents in his constituency who have opted overwhelmingly for the CTC , with more than 500 applications for 248 places last year and with 660 applications for next year . |
| 27 | A few others like Raoul , Pierre and Donna , left discreetly , until Nell , counting heads , could match all paying passengers with a place , Giles-the-murderer , I was interested to see , was still in the dining room , still being overpoweringly nice : it £as apparently essential to the drama that he should be liked . |
| 28 | He carries the show and even if Eh ? still does n't sound enticing , he should be seen . ’ |
| 29 | And he had gone out by the front door , presumably to present an appearance of normality if he should be seen by any of the family — a late evening stroll before bed being a simple enough amusement — while she could save the whole circuit of the house by using the back door close to the kitchen . |
| 30 | However , if someone scores a goal and flicks a V-sign in someone 's face , then he should be done . |