You should have refused such an unfair proposal.

For a display where the data items increase and decrease I think you are best making use of a spreadsheet program, not Access.

Your words are supposed to correspond to your actions, but that is not easy to put into practice.

I say "should", because theses written in the present tense are still seen around and about.

"Bye, see you tomorrow." "Oh, what's this? Leaving on the dot again?"

The confusion beggars description.

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

You should try to get along with your neighbours.

You have to concentrate on your recovery.

We must take into account the wishes of all the family in planning a trip.

Not being able to decide what the priority should be is the biggest problem.

You should visit him by appointment.

The problem is what to do next.

The problem is what we should do with this money.

You should not be absent without notice.

You should try to live within your income.

Poverty keeps together more homes than it breaks up.

You shouldn't look down on a person for being poor.

You should never look down upon a man merely because he is poor.

The airplane was just going to take off.