Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such cases while talking of a person as being an authority one refrains from talking of him as in authority over oneself , and avoids regarding his advice or instructions as binding , even when , given one 's goals , one ought to treat it in exactly the same way as one treats a binding authoritative directive . |
| 2 | ‘ So , you are saying that , although you do n't miss sex now , you are worried about it and wonder if you ought to miss it ? ’ said the counsellor . |
| 3 | ( I remember he once said about a Mondrian — ‘ It is n't whether you like it , but whether you ought to like it ’ — I mean , he dislikes abstract art on principle . |
| 4 | But I ought to report him ! |
| 5 | Now as I understand it the minister 's position is that he be bound to refer that matter to the partner responsible for audit and that partner er would then be put on notice that er he ought to report it to the relevant authority . |
| 6 | Do you think I ought to thank them ? |
| 7 | Humans ought to thank me . |
| 8 | ‘ They ought to thank us for letting our Thing do their job for them , ’ said Gurder solemnly . |
| 9 | You ought to shop him for the income tax then |
| 10 | I think I ought to see her again — just once , to reassure myself that all the old feelings really are as dead as I believe . |
| 11 | How many times did you tell me I ought to see her ? ’ |
| 12 | I could do park parade tha , a girl was , er er anywa , I went in the factory and one of the girls says they were saying about a dance , says ooh I quite a few you ought to see him dance the park parade ! |
| 13 | ‘ You ought to see them . |
| 14 | You ought to see them . |
| 15 | You ought to see them up it 's sort of like a leg here , half a leg there a bit of chatting up . |
| 16 | Klaus , is n't it ? and Klara — Oh , of course — ’ corrected — ‘ Erika , Fritz , Rosa … we really ought to see you more often , ought we not ? |
| 17 | ‘ A doctor ought to see you first , ’ said the man . |
| 18 | You ought to see it , Simon ! |
| 19 | She ought to see it first . ’ |
| 20 | But I thought you ought to see it . ’ |
| 21 | You ought to see it ! |
| 22 | I think you ought to go I 'll get you going real quick . |
| 23 | Grigorovich ought to forgive him : he is putting fresh life into an exhausted myth . |
| 24 | You ought to wear them you know . |
| 25 | She ought to know I would n't do that . |
| 26 | Oh right said Daryl and Elsie you ought to know I suppose any way , I 'd suspect you 'd like a sister , it 's nice having one . |
| 27 | But if it meant this I ought to know it . |
| 28 | To which he , Wittgenstein , replies , ‘ But if it meant that , then I ought to know it , I ought to be able to refer to the experience directly , and not only indirectly . |
| 29 | Well , you ought to know it well enough to write five or six lines about it , which is all you need for a book . |
| 30 | She wrote to him quite sharply , not caring who read her letter , that : — it is impossible for me to post a gun as you ought to know you foolish man for what would the post office officials think were I to turn up with a gun to send ? |