Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] [pron] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ought to hear what I 've been hearing . |
| 2 | In fact I 'll give my neighbours who live opposite , I do n't see a lot of them but they they are my opposite neighbours and of course the 's really I 'm on good terms with I ought to give them I 'll get them a tin of biscuits as well . |
| 3 | He used to like me I think , but to tell the truth , I did n't like him much . |
| 4 | Right , now you 're doing what I used to do what I used to do when I started , okay ? |
| 5 | Tell you what , I notice I 'm doing , I never us always used to do it I give fucking ! |
| 6 | And you see is Margaret , when Gerry used to do it I could change my mind half way |
| 7 | I used to keep what I called me tithe . ’ |
| 8 | Well we always used to have what I call a traditional Sunday dinner |
| 9 | And you used to pay him I do n't know how mush it was a week now . |
| 10 | I used to ask what I should do to fill the day and he 'd simply say go to the park and knit . |
| 11 | He used to tell me I was going to fail but I did so much work at home it was my best subject . |
| 12 | He used to tell me I was less of a woman than most women ; that I was a woman in flesh but a man in spirit ; that I was an hermaphrodite nouveau , a third sex . |
| 13 | ‘ I used to rehearse what I 'd say to my students if they came to me with a problem like this , ’ said William , ‘ but no one ever did . |
| 14 | He says no , he says we 've thought about it , I says well you really ought to have it I says if you 're dial dialling a lot of erm , cos they dial a lot of these insurance companies and er mortgage lenders , the head offices , they 're always out in Ottingham , I said the Mercury pin number only cost you seven pound fifty a year , I says you think you can save that in a week so er ha so erm he was on about it , he says who 's the cheapest for that ? |
| 15 | but I ought to explain what I mean by budgeted fi figure . |
| 16 | He turned on his heel , heading for the door , then paused and informed her over his shoulder , ‘ Oh , by the way , I ought to tell you I knew you were n't sleeping naked . |