Example sentences of "i [vb mod] to tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ought to tell him what to do with his feature article . |
| 2 | Suppose I ought to tell him that should n't I ? be out and unlock the gate . |
| 3 | ‘ Do you think I ought to tell her husband ? ’ |
| 4 | I suppose I ought to tell you : Swallow has a bit of a weakness where women are concerned . |
| 5 | Ladies and gentlemen , we just before we get on with the second part of the meeting when erm , meeting erm I think I ought to tell you that erm one of our committee members died a very short while back . |
| 6 | Then not ungently , ‘ I ought to tell you , they did talk to me about him , it ca n't be news to you what they are saying , that Michel has run off with your mother and that he wants to marry her . |
| 7 | ‘ Before we find the others Mrs. Channing , I ought to tell you that we did n't run into each other by accident . |
| 8 | I thought I ought to tell you that . |
| 9 | ‘ Cheryl , there 's something I ought to tell you . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't suppose it 's important , but I thought I ought to tell you that I saw Mr Riddle on Friday evening . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not sure I ought to tell you . |
| 12 | ‘ Hrun , ’ he said quickly , ‘ there 's something I ought to tell you . |
| 13 | He said , ‘ I think I ought to tell you that I do not grieve for my mother . ’ |
| 14 | Finally he said , ‘ I ought to tell you — I was going to , but there has n't been an opportunity . |
| 15 | He turned on his heel , heading for the door , then paused and informed her over his shoulder , ‘ Oh , by the way , I ought to tell you I knew you were n't sleeping naked . |
| 16 | I 'm not quite sure what I ought to tell you yet . |
| 17 | David — there 's something I ought to tell you . |
| 18 | And er they used to come to me and ask things about what they should do and did I think they had a claim for this and that you know , and I used to tell them you see . |
| 19 | And I used to tell them they were good at it . |
| 20 | I used to tell myself that it was because I wanted so much to believe it that I felt that way . |
| 21 | It was annoying but I used to tell myself that there was nothing personal in it . |
| 22 | I used to tell him off for riding a bike without a light — summonsed him in the end and he was fined about ten bob . |
| 23 | I used to tell him , I used to say , You you 're stupid . |
| 24 | I used to tell him invented cricket scores . |
| 25 | see if you can find out who 's spending money down that area , and then a occasionally , not , not too often , jobs that he 's fell back on and dropped , I 've been able to get a little start on , and very foolishly I used to tell him sometimes of the progress I was making that was where I made a mistake . |
| 26 | And we used to go visiting , my Auntie Irene lived there and And we used to go on a Saturday night , I used to ooh and I 've told her , I used to tell I would n't live that , live up that lane rent free . |
| 27 | I used to tell my secretary : ‘ That can go in ‘ The Thing' ’ . ' |
| 28 | I used to tell my husband about all these problems . |
| 29 | I used to tell my mum everything that went on , but nobody would believe us . |