Example sentences of "know [pers pn] should [vb infin] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 I know I should give a month 's notice but I 've got some leave due ; you can take that instead . ’
2 it was ever so good because I gave him fi , the doctor said , you know I should give him you know , eat just before five o'clock and you go
3 Such chivalry is rarely met with by such as I , and although I know I should refuse it , for it will put you in debt , I confess I can not . ’
4 I know I should hate her for it , but I ca n't .
5 I know I should put this girl out of my mind , and I have stopped myself getting in touch with her again .
6 I know I should put this girl out of my mind , and I have stopped myself getting in touch with her again .
7 He added ruefully , ‘ I know I should tear that trap apart with my bare hands , but I 'm not as tough as I look . ’
8 I know I should like ‘ em , but I do n't .
9 ‘ I know I should have been stronger , Lachlan .
10 ‘ I know I should have raised the alarm then and there .
11 With hindsight , I know I should have seen the warning signals in the man himself , which I missed through inexperience , but the result was that a cloud of depression , a sense of failure , settled over me , and also over the whole team .
12 I know I should have been .
13 ‘ I 'm sorry , Emily , I know I should have been there to help Uncle Thomas with his business long ago . ’
14 I know I should have told you but … ’ he trailed off with a shrug and stared dejectedly at his feet .
15 I know I should have told you earlier but I reasoned that if I did you would n't want me along ; and you needed a guide .
16 I know I should have phoned
17 ‘ Oh , I know I should have trusted you — had faith in you — and not listened to other people .
18 ‘ I know I should have come before now , but I 've been very busy , ’ said David , with a sidelong glance at Juliet .
19 And saying maybe you know I should look up see if I can find some .
20 I know I should forecast better than that .
21 Erm .. you know you should 've nipped that in the bud straight away rather than saying yeah we 'll put it in the post , we can do that , you should 've just said you know well I 'll bring it all along and gone from there .
22 You know you should 've perhaps questioned him , you know what 's his minimum what , you know , what could he how , how important is his future .
23 I know you should 've stayed at home till the beginning of this week .
24 If a person wants to wear a wig and erm you know you should feel comfortable with or without a wig , does n't really matter does it ?
25 Let's hope he or she cares about you enough to say , ‘ You know you should have called me earlier-you must have been holding this in for days ! ’
26 Yeah Rob yeah Rob you know you should have done taken like a hair out of your head , placed it in there before you and pulled it out .
27 Erm it w would be er pretty foolish I think after the lessons that have been learned about this that you know we should sink back i i into erm contentment as it were , er , er , er , er
28 We all know we should do it , but success within M.I. actually depends on it .
29 Over the two matches we were every bit as good as Liverpool and , if we 're honest , we know we should have beaten them on both occasions .
30 We know we should find porn utterly repellent but we can not help finding it endlessly fascinating .
  Next page