Example sentences of "[adv] i [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 | And then of course , we we also made the , at my firm , made the er Battle of Britain curtain , which was very famous , in those days , and I think they 're still I used to have one but I do n't know where the devil it went to . |
| 16 | Well possibly I ought to put it on my review panel and er if there 's a requirement for it . |
| 17 | In fact technically I ought to have someone else here as well , but I thought that as the sergeant knew the facts of the enquiry ( in fact he was instrumental in getting the information we 'd like to question you about ) , it would keep it in the family so to speak if he acted as my amanuensis , that 's the word , is n't it , Sergeant Pascoe ? ’ |
| 18 | I mean , it used to be on a Friday , then it used to be on a Saturday , only sometimes like I used to watch it . |
| 19 | Oh really I ought to take my little boy for a walk |
| 20 | Now I used to get him along there and then he was sort of in tears but there was kids in the hall , the little hall and then when you sort come in the door , not the main door , the one , the |
| 21 | Well I used to have me own office down at Cliff Quay . |
| 22 | ‘ If I come across Amy Marr , surely I ought to put her in touch with the police or possibly the Bishop ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Since you are Derek 's friends — or rather since you do n't care very much for his health and welfare I will not call you his friends but surely I ought to know your name ! ’ |
| 24 | To which he , Wittgenstein , replies , ‘ But if it meant that , then I ought to know it , I ought to be able to refer to the experience directly , and not only indirectly . |
| 25 | And then I used to bank I used to post put that in the post office in a separate account , I did n't use it you see . |
| 26 | than that dear it 's down the other end , the other side of Old Harlow , but he used to have a surgery there which he , you know , made it better after the erm , to ease up Dr surgery cos that was so packed and the shops were absolutely and you used to have to queue and queue for , to get your shopping , you could n't , I used to cycle into Harlow and leave my cycle somewhere and then go along do my shopping , but it used to be two or three hours ' job it was , you did n't get done till dinner time and then I used to call it a , a lady used to say call there that used to have the fried fish and chip shop on the corner of erm Harlow and I used to go there and have a cup of tea before I came home because I used to be so long shopping you could n't get served you see , it 's too many people , there was nowhere else for them to go , it was only Bishop 's Stortford you had to go |
| 27 | Then I used to feed her and I did n't let her have any water when she was hot cos that give them colic , you see , sometimes . |
| 28 | then I used to scrape it at night when we 'd finished . |
| 29 | And I sometimes I used to fry them first . |
| 30 | Sometimes I used to think I was in an old folk 's home . |