Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [modal v] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I got old enough I used to add my own bits to the story — it was sort of a game we played — an escape . |
| 2 | see if you can find out who 's spending money down that area , and then a occasionally , not , not too often , jobs that he 's fell back on and dropped , I 've been able to get a little start on , and very foolishly I used to tell him sometimes of the progress I was making that was where I made a mistake . |
| 3 | Perhaps I ought to fix you a drink ? ’ |
| 4 | Or perhaps I ought to say it was her spirit , since it resembled not at all any portrait that could have been painted . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps I ought to take her under my wing , ’ he suggested . |
| 6 | He said , ‘ Perhaps I ought to take you home . ’ |
| 7 | Perhaps I ought to know what the scenario was . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps I ought to warn her tonight that you know . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Then perhaps I ought to read it , ’ was McAllister 's somewhat impertinent response to this statement . |
| 10 | Perhaps I ought to make it clear that , when we talk of qualified lenders , we have in mind building societies , banks , insurance companies and other institutional lenders . |
| 11 | And this Mr he was , he used to c he well he was collec calling f with Mr and he kept calling with me the same so I used to order my bulk in October to come in for Christmas goods . |
| 12 | And my brothers used to ride it , so I used to ride it and I rode it for miles ! |
| 13 | " Some of the women were there so long I used to call them aunty . " |
| 14 | I do all I can to help you . ’ |
| 15 | If it did , perhaps she ought to try it herself . |
| 16 | Perhaps you ought to tell her that John Patten is no longer with the environmental health . |
| 17 | Perhaps you ought to introduce her to my son . |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps you ought to inform your maid ? ’ |
| 19 | When you have given it , do all you can to collect it as soon as it becomes due . |
| 20 | You must look at a film of him and do all you can to emulate his behaviour . ’ |
| 21 | And but her her her grandmother used to go used to go and so she used to take my mother with you see . |
| 22 | So you ought to show me the door today ! ’ |
| 23 | So you used to spend your money on on sweets ? |
| 24 | And apparently a colleague of mine gave a paper this morning saying that Kent was vulnerable to earthquakes erm even though earthquakes have not been recorded or at least not substantial ones in this country for perhaps two , three hundred years erm there is a history of earthquakes in , particularly in the sort of Colchester , Essex , Kent region , and erm the erm the historians and the pundits tell us that erm they may come back again so perhaps we ought to reinforce our buildings now . |
| 25 | No , I was n't hinting — well , perhaps we ought to speed you on your way . |
| 26 | Perhaps we ought to fetch them . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Then perhaps we ought to get you back to Faye 's , before either of us decides — ’ He broke off , took a ragged breath and did n't finish . |
| 28 | At the industrial level , pharmaceutical and other biomedical enterprises do all they can to promote their products . |
| 29 | Council officials feel they 've done all they can to protect their staff . |
| 30 | Social services say they 're do all they can to make their charges aware of the dangers of solvent abuse . |