Example sentences of "should be [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He should be leaving about now , and if I know him he 'll have left me to pay his hotel bill . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're wasting our time and yours when you should be hunting down those IRA swine . ’ |
| 3 | He said : ‘ We are bound to face criticism from both sides , from people saying we should be locking up thousands of juvenile offenders and throwing away the key and others throwing up their hands and saying they are like the old approved schools and will be universities of crime . ’ |
| 4 | It is the villains we should be locking up . ’ |
| 5 | If you are avoiding fried food , it follows that you should be seeking out the best methods of cooking noted on the menu . |
| 6 | Jean had n't long passed her driving test and I tried to help by pointing out when she should be moving up through the gears . |
| 7 | By the age of 25 or so the oiliness should be settling down but you may find yourself with a new problem : laughter and frown lines must finally be acknowledged as the first signs of an ageing skin . |
| 8 | What I say , like you say , at fifty you should be settling down . |
| 9 | ‘ I think we should be setting up things like video libraries and that sort of thing to help our members , ’ he said . |
| 10 | In eight or nine rounds the referee should be stepping in to rescue the younger man , unless he is knocked out . |
| 11 | As a minimum , you should be investing in , ten different companies . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , I 'm not sure that I should be raking up all this , but in a way it is related to Luke 's attitude towards Elise , and you did ask … |
| 13 | Many mechanised units which should be riding around in armoured personnel carriers are still mounted in trucks — some are even reduced to walking . |
| 14 | And sitting on the ground , with his back against the sign which told travellers which side they should be queuing on , he found the Campbell . |
| 15 | We ca n't go on paying ourselves that sort of money , we ca n't go on , and Mr I know in a minute we 'll talk about the number of people who attend committee meetings erm and sit in on them , and that 's increased considerably , erm , so I think it 's important that we do get down to this problem , we grasp the nettle , and I , I believe that will mean that we start to look seriously at reducing the number of times members come and talk here , and perhaps we let the officers get on with the action that they should be getting on with |
| 16 | ‘ Laz , before you get your trusty Smith and Whatever platinum plated , do n't you think we should be getting down to the business , which is your business . |
| 17 | You should be getting out here ? |
| 18 | ‘ I should be getting back . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ We should be getting back , ’ said Preston , and he started the car . |
| 20 | Perhaps we should be getting back to the roots of organisations like the RA and footpath preservation societies in encouraging people to wander more freely and make use of neglected local paths . |
| 21 | But I think I should be getting back … ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Anyway , we should be getting back upstairs , as you still have to change , ’ Nicky mentioned . |
| 23 | ‘ I think we should be getting back , ’ she muttered hoarsely . |
| 24 | ‘ You 're right , we should be getting back , ’ he said . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , I should be getting along . |
| 26 | You should be picking up more ! " |
| 27 | They should be picking up other clues about each other too : the accents they speak with , the way they are dressed , the kind of hairstyles they have all tell us something about people we meet . |
| 28 | The legal system should be stamping out vigilantes , not encouraging them . |
| 29 | On his training bags , for example , he should be trying out various double and triple kicking techniques and working out a series of combinations , linked together with speed , timing , delivery , focus and his own personal footwork manoeuvres . |
| 30 | From Hobart to Cape Town and then in May he should be sailing up the Solent . |