Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I wondered whether I ought to organize a tap on her phone . ’ |
| 32 | Maybe I ought to take a look at her family . ’ |
| 33 | Perhaps I ought to see a doctor . ’ |
| 34 | Maybe I ought to see a doctor about my acid content or something . |
| 35 | I did n't pay the Africa lady anything but I ought to make a bit for Uncle Jim . |
| 36 | mm , perhaps I ought to have a go at Nicks |
| 37 | When her younger brother tried to challenge her inheritance from her mother , ‘ I told him that though he was now the heir , as being son , yet I was two years the elder by my birth , and though he had got the birthright , yet I ought to have a share of her blessing . ’ |
| 38 | Such thoughts soothed me , and then the reality of what had happened would come shooting through my consciousness like a speedboat churning up a calm sea : how dare he decree that I must wear a badge indicating , for men 's convenience , whether I was available or already had an owner ? |
| 39 | Judge William Crowford told Riley : ‘ It 's a matter of great regret that I must pass a prison sentence on someone with a good record like yourself . ’ |
| 40 | I must do a sampler for Amy . |
| 41 | The pressure from London , however , was unrelenting : ‘ Gould has been so clamorous lately ’ , Lear wrote to Jardine , ‘ at my not having done any Birds of Europe for him , that I must do a batch for him without further delay . ’ |
| 42 | ‘ Oh , I must do a pee . |
| 43 | However — if I must leave a message I 'd like Miss Lucy Telford to phone and tell me what I 'm waiting to hear . |
| 44 | So I thought to myself ‘ I must make a change ’ . |
| 45 | First I must make a confession . |
| 46 | I got ta , I got ta do I must make a bed . |
| 47 | Like all young men I must make a journey . |
| 48 | I 've got that I 've got that I must make a note of this . |
| 49 | If you go to New Hampshire , I mu I must make a study of New Hampshire some time , if you go to New Hampshire , which is a delightful place , if you go to New Hampshire , New Hampshire appears to have no taxation at all as far as I can ascertain and the most favourite er car bumper sticker in New Hampshire is taxation is theft . |
| 50 | But I must make a gesture … ’ |
| 51 | I have a sketchy lifestyle because I ca n't work and I must make a living the best way I can |
| 52 | I must bring them , I must bring a couple |
| 53 | I must explain a bit more , for other things occur to me as I try to recall the text which is now in the wrong hands . |
| 54 | I hope I have given some idea of what a single neuron with its trigger feature and projective zone an accomplish , and now I must explain a bit about the neocortex , which is the stage on which neurons perform to bring about higher mental processes . |
| 55 | ‘ I must admit a fight is the last thing I feel like right now . |
| 56 | I must admit a whippet was the dog that I originally wanted . |
| 57 | But here I must draw a distinction of rather a different kind , namely that between biological relationship and social relationship . |
| 58 | I must send a letter to her parents first thing tomorrow and then make arrangements for the funeral . |
| 59 | ‘ I must Lend a Hand , ’ thought Jenny . |
| 60 | I must call a halt here to brain-numbing estimates of expenditure . |