Example sentences of "i [vb base] we ought [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Nose I reckon we ought to call her .
2 So , we bang on about the play and the staging and the big themes , and , if there 's any space left , then , as the chairman of Critics ' Forum wearily intones , ‘ I suppose we ought to say something about the performances . ’
3 ‘ But I think we ought to talk it over first .
4 And if it means fifty percent of whatever we get in capital receipts going to pay off our debts , it 's a worthwhile attitude , and I think we ought to take our debts responsible .
5 Yes , I think we ought to do something about it Tony , a message .
6 And while I think we ought to do what we can , I think there 's a line which ought to be drawn , and I do honestly wonder whether twenty-one , it was eighteen last year , and I just wonder if perhaps we should erm try and switch some of these to mid-week , so that we 're not seeing it virtually every Saturday of the year .
7 But still , my friend , I think we ought to watch him , the three of us . ’
8 The one thing they seem to be trying to do now is obfuscation and delay er and I think we ought to voice our concern and I hope the Council will agree to ask the Town Clerk to express concern at the way it 's being handled .
9 I think we ought to record it to , to West Hill council
10 " I think we ought to have nothing to do with that rabbit or his warren .
11 I think we ought to damage it . ’
12 Erm , I think we ought to make it very clear again , that we can now trace calls , and er , I hope the press are noting that and making as much as they can of it , because that 's the sort of thing that helps to remove malicious calls , which go which cost a lot of money , and a lot of time , and also put somebody else 's life in danger when an appliance has been called out to something that it 's not required for .
13 So I think we ought to congratulate him on that .
14 And I think we ought to get him over to one of our meetings .
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