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  • News at Eleven: We started reading poems, and then, after a couple of hours of this, someone said, 'Shouldn't we phone someone to say he's dead?'

    Archive 2010-02-01 Rus Bowden 2010

  • Just Louise: 'Shouldn't somebody be challenging the Beeb with the correct account of the matter, and demanding that they amend their reports forthwith?'

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • 'Shouldn't there at least be equal time for our Bill of Obligations and our Bill of Responsibilities?'

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Shockingly Supreme Clarence Thomas Pans 'Bill of Rights' to High School Students!! 2009

  • JIM PHILPOT, of Cookeville, Tennessee, writes, In last November's Word Court you wrote, 'None of the major Romance languages — languages directly descended from Latin — have retained …' Shouldn't have have read has?

    Word Court 2005

  • JIM PHILPOT, of Cookeville, Tennessee, writes, In last November's Word Court you wrote, 'None of the major Romance languages — languages directly descended from Latin — have retained …' Shouldn't have have read has?

    Word Court 2005

  • "The prime minister complained about the fall of the dollar, asking, 'Shouldn't the relevant authorities be doing something about this?'" according to the New York Times.

    01/25/2005 2005

  • It was a muscular, smooth arm and I thought, 'Shouldn't there be a better use for these hands, this arm than robbing an old woman?',

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • On the subway, Peter asked, 'Shouldn't we consider having triplets?'

    Q-o'-d-w-III: Sophie's Choice...Not 2005

  • On the subway, Peter asked, 'Shouldn't we consider having triplets?'

    Archive 2005-01-01 2005

  • 'Shouldn't that be you wouldn't ever marry a man you did not love?'

    The Demetrios Virgin Jordan, Penny 2001

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