Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does not throw any strain on a heart which is healthy but may affect one which is severely defective . |
| 2 | Just let's think what we 're doing first . |
| 3 | Fine , but though countries may eat what they like , they can not exclude foods they think are inferior to their own . |
| 4 | you ought to see what she er , you ought to see her outfit she 's got , she 's nearly going around er , oh he , he can see her with different outfits on |
| 5 | The way we speak about Wimpey and the impression we give may influence someone who is thinking of buying a Wimpey home , negotiating with Wimpey Construction , buying materials from Wimpey Minerals or applying for a course in one of our craft training centres . |
| 6 | Let's make 'im yours , eh ? |
| 7 | You ought to wear them you know . |
| 8 | Anyway , the others ought to know what we 're doing and they wo n't unless you go and tell them . |
| 9 | As he said , you ought to know what you were giving up before you gave it up . |
| 10 | Tina had no moral sense about this question , no feeling that children ought to know who their fathers were or should be fathered by the men their mothers lived with or were married to . |
| 11 | He ought to know you himself , of course , but he 's getting old . |
| 12 | Let's enjoy what we have in common . ’ |
| 13 | A white-collar job , owning a home or indulging in particular leisure pursuits may cause a person to identify himself as ‘ middle class ’ ; others may consider anyone who ‘ works , to be ‘ working class ’ ; others may preserve a sense of being ‘ working class ’ because of their family background , though their own social circumstances have changed . |
| 14 | For example , Christians may regard it as an expression of Christian love to convert others to Christ , and they may consider it their moral duty to urge men to follow Christ . |
| 15 | He may consider it his duty to practise non-cooperation and civil disobedience , but he must always be on his guard against acts of violence which only serve to militate against the success of his actions . |
| 16 | Whilst ‘ Kubla Khan ’ may delight us it does not delight Coleridge , who has seem the real thing . |
| 17 | He ought to try it himself sometime . ’ |
| 18 | If it did , perhaps she ought to try it herself . |
| 19 | Maybe he/she is right ; often he/she is not and may recruit someone who becomes a liability . |
| 20 | Greater coherence can be effected in the curriculum through a clear understanding of what is intended and how students may demonstrate what they know , understand and can do . |
| 21 | You may know what you want to write but remain unsure about the ‘ rules ’ for getting your dialogue onto the page . |
| 22 | Young people with backpacks and habitual travellers may know what it means to go on a journey , but for most the romance of escape begins with deciding where to go on holiday and then getting there as quickly as possible . |
| 23 | We know also the son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true and we are |
| 24 | ‘ You may know somebody who can make a dress for you , or help you make your own , ’ said Fenella Willis . |
| 25 | If you do decide to keep this fish , and have difficulty obtaining stock , then I may know someone who has one or two to spare … |
| 26 | ‘ You must think what you like . ’ |
| 27 | Thus if a policeman gives directions to a traveller , a doctor tells a nurse how to administer medicine to a patient , a householder puts in an insurance claim , a shop assistant explains the relative merits of two types of knitting wool , or a scientist describes an experiment , in each case it matters that the speaker should make what he says ( or writes ) clear . |
| 28 | ‘ I think perhaps in the circumstances I should make it one and one-half rhinu per day . |
| 29 | I 'm not saying that you should make it their responsibility to do these things , but we should offer them the opportunity . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I feel we should make it our duty , ’ she said calmly , ‘ to find out as much as we can . ’ |