Example sentences of "he [modal v] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wife was anxiously encouraging him to strengthen the acquaintance as they were influential people , but he was not yet sufficiently advanced in his profession to feel he ought to push for invitations . |
| 2 | ‘ He ought to go to Sanderstown right away and have an operation for arthrodesis by a proper orthopaedic surgeon . ’ |
| 3 | Which is also why I feel that he ought to go to Ironcrest as well . |
| 4 | Well he ought to talk to Nicola about that . |
| 5 | That evening Chamberlain telephoned to Baldwin in Aix and told hint that he ought to return to London . |
| 6 | I told him all about himself and what he ought to do in life . |
| 7 | Owen , feeling at last that he ought to retire from contra matters — — but remembering what he had sworn ‘ on the altar of God ’ — hoped that he might still be of use to North ‘ against another group of Godless communists . ’ |
| 8 | If he takes into account matters which he ought not to take into account , or fails to take into account the matters which he ought to take into account , then his decision can be overridden by the courts . |
| 9 | It was true what they had said ; he ought to get to bed and rest ; ought to take a break from his duties for a day or so and let Li Yuan take up his burden as Regent . |
| 10 | So did that mean he ought to forget about Leila ? |
| 11 | He ought to feel at home . |
| 12 | He even wondered if he ought to suggest to Paul Lexington that that sentence was put on a hoarding outside the theatre , but did n't quite have the nerve . |
| 13 | He may think in terms of bits of equipment , flows of material , flows of energy or flows of information . |
| 14 | Where , as will normally be the case , the breach is such as must in the ordinary course of business inflict damage on the plaintiff , he may succeed without proof of any particular damage . |
| 15 | Would the Chancellor reconsider that decision because , when he next goes to the Duchy of Lancaster he may go to confession and admit to the untruths that are being told by his party in party-political broadcasts ? |
| 16 | shady lawyer practising in the Insolvent Court , who ‘ arranges ’ Sam Weller 's imprisonment in the Fleet so that he may remain with Pickwick . |
| 17 | NOW that Tony Bland has died , we pray that he may rest in peace , and that his parents and family may be able to grieve in private for him . |
| 18 | For Tony , that he may rest in peace , and for his family for their strengthening and peace . |
| 19 | To his friends he may speak in Gaelic rather than in English . |
| 20 | The private householder having work done to his own property is not required to make deductions from any payments he may make to subcontractors . |
| 21 | Lord Denning MR said : Every member of the community is entitled to carry on any trade or business he chooses and in such manner as he thinks most desirable in his own interests , so long as he does nothing unlawful : with the consequence that any contract which interferes with the free exercise of his trade or business , by restricting him in the work he may do for others , or the arrangements which he may make with others , is a contract in restraint of trade . |
| 22 | I told him also to get cheese moments and scampi fries , and he may stop at McDonald 's . ’ |
| 23 | Lord Denning MR said : Every member of the community is entitled to carry on any trade or business he chooses and in such manner as he thinks most desirable in his own interests , so long as he does nothing unlawful : with the consequence that any contract which interferes with the free exercise of his trade or business , by restricting him in the work he may do for others , or the arrangements which he may make with others , is a contract in restraint of trade . |
| 24 | The cynic may perhaps be forgiven for commenting that the freedom given by the Use Classes Order and the GDO is so hedged by restrictions , and frequently so difficult to comprehend ( though he may note with relief that painting is not subject to control , unless it is ‘ for purpose of advertisement , announcement or direction ’ ) that it would be safer to assume that any operation constitutes development and requires planning permission . |
| 25 | Next year he may run for president . |
| 26 | the detainer is tendered sufficient money to satisfy any claim he may have for damage and expenses in respect of the straying livestock . |
| 27 | The same result can be achieved slightly differently by requiring the innocent party to accept repair or replacement in satisfaction of any claim it might have : if the goods prove defective in any way the Seller will replace them and the Buyer shall accept that replacement in satisfaction of any claims he may have in respect of the defects . |
| 28 | I think he may have in mind the view advanced by John Stuart Mill in An Examination of Sir William Hamilton 's Philosophy . |
| 29 | ( 1 ) In a default action where no hearing or pre-trial review date has been fixed , or Ord 17 , r 11 ( automatic directions ) applies and before pleadings are closed under Ord 17 , r 11(a) , he may issue without leave ( Ord 12 , r 2(b) and ( c ) . |
| 30 | He may act at times like a nasty prat , but he is still a legend . |