Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [modal v] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stepping carefully over the gutter , Gonzalo remarked that I ought to wear a coat like he did . |
| 2 | But the highlight of it was that I used to get a ride on the dray and I used he he we used to finish up the round at the bottom of erm Road , and Street . |
| 3 | And you told me that she used to use a crochet hook . |
| 4 | I mean was this er a possibility that you ought to have a pizza |
| 5 | Er as far as out-sourcing is concerned , when we learned that there could be two thousand jobs lost or out-sourced from British Aerospace , it was my opinion in line with those of our representatives that we ought to convene a meeting immediately of all shop stewards and representatives who would be covered er through those discussions and arrange and organize a strategy to oppose it . |
| 6 | The notion of justice which I find most convincing is that which tells us that we ought to seek a society in which each person is accepted as of equal moral worth and has equal opportunity to enjoy an equal share of the total sum of society 's goods . |
| 7 | That we ought to have a careful look at the possibility of developing this hotel on a timeshare basis . |
| 8 | ‘ You are n't , of course , about to utter heresy — that we ought to have a national force ? ’ |
| 9 | I said that we ought to er somebody asked me er from one of the national papers which ought to be put in place there and I did suggest that we ought to have a statue like just been mentioned to somebody from Beeston they 've got a nice man on a bench there . |
| 10 | And on the top of that we used to keep a sink-bath . |
| 11 | This is a playground game that we used to play a lot when I was young . |
| 12 | Even to the now routine enquiries from pupils about ‘ What 's the point ? ’ most teachers I know feel both that they ought to have a good answer , and that they all too frequently do n't . |
| 13 | And very quickly talking about it amongst the staff and er the other committees it would seem that it ought to have a far broader remit than just on the racing side so the first thing that I 'd like to emphasise is that this year of youth sailing is involves all the outgoing grass roots divisions of the R Y A , that is windsurfing , racing , training and the development divisions and the regions and the clubs and the recognized teaching establishments , so it really is an all encompassing er er scheme . |
| 14 | He knew that he ought to see a physician , but was unwilling to do so lest he be told that he was not , after all , cured of syphilis . |
| 15 | After the Italian surrender in the summer of 1943 he privately reckoned the chances of a similar German collapse at six to four against ; and he recognised , partly under pressure from Attlee and others on the Labour side , that he ought to appoint a senior Minister to co-ordinate the planning of reconstruction . |
| 16 | ‘ It is the people hereabouts that I like , ’ said Mr Crump , feeling the silence as censure and well aware that he ought to play a proper part in the conversation . |
| 17 | An obscure feeling that he ought to have a key to this house made him resentful . |
| 18 | Will my right hon. Friend do all that he can to open a dialogue with representatives of landlords and planning authorities so that they can encourage and enable retailers to erect something to protect their property ? |