Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [modal v] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shall do all that I can to arouse public opinion against the portrayal of vice as a normal condition of affairs , and against depicting criminals of any class as heroes and heroines , presenting their filthy philosophy of life as something acceptable to decent men and women . |
| 2 | I 've told Nenna time and again that she ought to get hold of some sort of reliable chap , an ex-Naval chippie would be the right sort , just to spend the odd day on board and put everything to rights . |
| 3 | She was vaguely aware that she ought to offer congratulations , but for some reason she did n't feel in a congratulatory frame of mind . |
| 4 | During the shooting of the 1935 film Anna Karenina , Greta Garbo took such a violent dislike to her co-star , Fredric March , that she used to munch garlic before filming their love scenes . |
| 5 | An introductory note says that she used to read prayers very slowly with frequent pauses , which led almost instantaneously to prayer . |
| 6 | well then of course erm for your Lordships notes that you ought to remember V E X where there was an immunity from national competition law which they were saying oh well we 've got this immunity under national insurance law and national competition law |
| 7 | " But I 'm not sure that we ought to leave Maurice , though , " she said , licking each linger in turn . |
| 8 | But er , this is just by way of an anticipation , the the general conclusion comes for instance , in this rather generalized book , and relatively short book , is that we ought to base variety and social order on science , and its insights , and certainly not on , on religion , and , and there he , there he leaves the question . |
| 9 | I find it a little difficult to take that kind of question from an hon. Gentleman who said that we ought to eat New Zealand apples and refuse to eat British sausages . |
| 10 | So here we are lying here just you and me thinking about things that we used to do babe , turning lady ! |
| 11 | We had to put it in erm oh what did we call it oh dear a little vice and er put a ball , about three inches long and then er put it into the plug and erm put the cap , the little brass cap but also the I 've made a mistake there , before we did that we had to put the natural plug in and in that plug there were five like aluminium coloured er pins , each of a different size and we had to learn to read the key for the various depths you see and we had boxes of pins with the different sizes in and er then put those in the plug and then push the key in and but we 'd got to , we got to file , we had to file the bars and also the little brass caps to get all the edge the , I forget what we used to call it now , off the cap to get it smooth and then get it in our own vice and screw , screw them down and there were thirty two , there were three key keys to each , each lock , and er we had to file them until they were ready and they worked easily push the key in properly , and we also used to put black lead in , you could not put oil because they would have stopped the springs working and we had a little box of ordinary oh like the black lead that we used to black lead the graves , put some on the key and push that then and work it round , and that was the erm that was made it work freely you see and then there was erm a half a gross to each board , and three , three keys to each one and then erm we , we filed the various things ourselves , but then they would take that away from you and bring you more you see and then when eventually the keys had to be polished and it was only a favourite few that were allowed to sit down to sort the keys out to com to complete them you see , but it was very very interesting work and I enjoyed being there but you |
| 12 | I believe that Wales is much better placed to ride out the worldwide recession than it has been and I can give the hon. Gentleman this pledge : I and my ministerial colleagues will continue to do everything that we can to attract investment to Wales . |
| 13 | And then Lily Moore had suggested that it was n't fair , that they ought to take turns at the pulpit and the font . |
| 14 | to feel by duty as it were that they ought to take notice of their immediate family . |
| 15 | To feel , by duty as it were , that they ought to take notice of their immediate family , John and Maryann are capable of financially supporting themselves , so I do n't worry about the money aspect and in every other way physiologically , emotionally , immorally they , they are able to look after themselves Neil is n't . |
| 16 | Paint , red paint that they used to paint railway wa er railway carriages . |
| 17 | Obviously a transfer of allegiance in the feudal way was much less of a strain than the submergence of a national spirit , and there was a great difference between the national spirit of Englishmen and the allegiance to the King of France or to the Great Moghul felt by the inhabitants of New France and of Bengal ; if the inhabitants of Bengal had felt that they were citizens of the nation of Bengal it would hardly have been possible for them to change to feeling they were Englishmen , but for them to feel that they used to owe allegiance to the Nawab of Bengal and now owed it to the British businessmen who had conquered the Nawab was not such a difficult transition . |
| 18 | That they used to have waiters and tables with silver , plated silver |
| 19 | Let us suppose that some special service has been given priority , such that it ought to have resources allocated to it , the question then is what share it should get . |
| 20 | But he went up there now , with Bienvida trailing behind him , from an obscure feeling that he ought to show Jarvis this offer was appreciated . |
| 21 | In determining whether the defendants ought to be held liable under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher , the learned judge considered that he ought to pay regard to ( i ) the quantities of combustible materials which the defendants brought onto the land ; ( ii ) the way in which they stored them ; and ( iii ) the character of the neighbourhood . |
| 22 | had actually taken him on that he used to know years ago and had finished the |
| 23 | The defendant , who paid £10 per deal , said that the amphetamine put him on a high for an hour and that he used to escape pressures and worries . |
| 24 | Whatever doubts there may be about Edward 's commitment to crusade , none can be entertained of John XXII's , for he did all that he could to bring England to a state of peace and Edward to the point of departure . |