Example sentences of "he really [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If his pains do n't subside within a few weeks , he really ought to see the doctor . |
| 2 | She noticed that the stack of bacon , egg , sausage and fried bread heaped on his plate was enough to feed a small army ; he really ought to get his thyroid seen to . |
| 3 | She swung her legs over the side of the sofa , which reduced her defiance to mere childishness , alas , since her head began to swim dreadfully , and also caused him to say impatiently — he really ought to meet Mama , at least he would agree with her — ‘ Oh , do be quiet for a moment , madam . |
| 4 | He promised me this time he really would stop cranking . |
| 5 | Maybe he really would introduce her to Bertie Alcott . |
| 6 | At his age he really would drown and nobody in the Corporation would give a damn . |
| 7 | There was , at last , a look of alarm on his face , and I could see him wondering whether he really would have to pull the small trigger . |
| 8 | For Charles it may have meant political survival , for perhaps he really would have been tonsured had he been defeated . |
| 9 | He really must talk to Jenny ! |
| 10 | He really must get hold of another book . |
| 11 | He really must get back to the library and see if it had any more books on the subject . |
| 12 | He really must get on and finish it . |
| 13 | The board master performs this service on a voluntary basis and the prerequisite of being board master is knowing the fishing thoroughly ; because he has to tell new guests where to go , how to get there , which path to take , which bog to avoid , where not to fall in — so he really must know what he is talking about . |
| 14 | He really must try to explain to Carol about the mixed consciousness-raising group he 'd been in . |
| 15 | Erm he , I think what he really must have had was er a sort of mild form of polio when he was young and he 'd got a shoulder , not completely paralysed but it was partially paralysed . |
| 16 | He really must have a word with the company Equity representative about that contract . |
| 17 | This involves the obvious and is a great incentive for your debtor to discover that he really can pay you after all . |
| 18 | This has become a Place where the man who cares passionately for his craft — lighting or stage work — comes to show what he really can do . |
| 19 | He really can behave like a monster . ’ |
| 20 | Christ , he really can smite the ball almost the length of the pitch , marvelled Perdita . |
| 21 | He really should go in search of his squire and order some hot water so he could wash away his own grime before sitting down to table . |
| 22 | All good , endearing fun for Edmonds addicts , but he really should watch those elaborate studio sets . |
| 23 | He really should have won it . |
| 24 | What he produced was a volume for which he really should have kept his title The Conduct of the Kitchen — a title borrowed incidentally from Meredith — because that was just what the book of menus was about : the logical and orderly conduct of a kitchen as related to daily life and seen not through the medium of a few isolated menus for special occasions , but as part of the natural order of everyday living . |
| 25 | He really should have had the sense to bring his emergency bag and the roll of towelling with him , but Rose 's terrified urgency had sent him on his way with all speed . |
| 26 | ‘ And this is Ron , viola , but he really should have been playing the cornet , he spends more time on it . ’ |
| 27 | He really should have been an Oxford don or something . |
| 28 | Chances are brains are working overtime now trying to think of something to buy that wo n't cost the earth but he really will appreciate . |