Example sentences of "something [pron] [vb mod] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think there 's something I ought to say but I 'm afraid it is n't , well , gentlemanly . ’ |
| 2 | I think that 's perhaps something I ought to explain first and foremost . |
| 3 | ‘ Cheryl , there 's something I ought to tell you . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Hrun , ’ he said quickly , ‘ there 's something I ought to tell you . |
| 5 | David — there 's something I ought to tell you . |
| 6 | There 's something I ought to have sorted out , I can sense it , but I need to think . |
| 7 | It 's something which used to happen years ago and I was delighted to come when my son suggested it . |
| 8 | What disturbed her was the feeling , at the back of her mind , that there was something she ought to have understood . |
| 9 | ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ Kitty said in a carefully careless tone , ‘ There is something you ought to know before that busybody Condon gets on to you about it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I can just see him looking down that long nose of his and saying in that sanctimonious voice : ‘ there 's something you ought to know , Mr O'Shea … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ There 's something you ought to know and it could n't wait . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ There 's something you ought to know . ’ |
| 13 | There 's something you ought to understand if you do n't already . |
| 14 | Something you used to spend a lot of time at but have n't done for some time . |
| 15 | Lord Merlyn-Rees — Home Secretary from 1976-79 — told the programme : ‘ I do believe as time goes on , watching the great influence of television on children , that they begin to believe that the normal life they lead is not normal , that what they see on the television and on the film is something they ought to emulate . ’ |
| 16 | All sorts of different people he said I would never ever buy any beans he said cos of this chappie who used to work they used to unless you change over the tin or something he used to spit in the tins . |
| 17 | It 's a bit like a boxer dog because Derek 's sis sister had a boxer dog and he used to we used to walk along country lanes and then he 'd pi , he used to see something he used to go straight through the hedge ! |