Example sentences of "[noun sg] we [modal v] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think before we take any urgent action we ought to Alan ought to monitor the situation . |
| 2 | This discussion suggests that the question we ought to be asking is not a descriptive one — what is public law ? — but a prescriptive or normative one : when ought public law rules apply ; or , what is the proper scope of public law ? |
| 3 | It 's absolutely the worst type of business we ought to be |
| 4 | Now on the face of that that that that 's seems fairly sensible , y'know if somebody is in need we ought to be doing something about it . |
| 5 | But we certainly did some good work in the education because I think that we erm we used to , you know , of course we 'd , we 'd got used to use our auxiliaries naturally and erm we used to have a big conc a big er concert once a year in the town hall and er we would involve all the auxiliaries you know erm and of course we used to always erm fell a bit flat , the International Day which is July , the first Ju Saturday in July is International Day , Co-operative International , and we have always , the Guilds have worked very closely with the International Day . |
| 6 | So of course we used to sort of try and get in in the nurses ' home through a ground floor window . |
| 7 | For organisations like the Runnymede Trust , it is crucial to be alert to the various fronts upon which racism appears , and offer whatever support we can to those who want to challenge it . |
| 8 | Electric immersion heater , er , ah , oh of course we had an Ideal boiler under there and it , that 's what heated this kitchen actually an Ideal boiler and it heated the water in the winter and also heated the , and in the summer we let that out and had an immersion heater , well being in the electrical trade we had an immersion heater all the time and if we wanted to top up from the boiler we used to just put the immersion heater on for a erm week or so and get hot water and then let it go off in the winter time , you know , but er we have n't made a great deal of alteration to this place really , we 've put a new front door on fairly recently , that was one of the things that er was very ugly , they , the back of the front of the doors to look at , ooh they were ugly doors |
| 9 | It may be necessary to create a new identity or to rediscover the person we used to be . |
| 10 | " Unless it 's bolted on the inside we ought to be able to get in with these , " he said . |
| 11 | At Dead of Night we 'll to the Bride-bed come , And sprinkle hallow 'd Dew-drops round the Room . |
| 12 | Well , if we 're really into wider democracy we ought to be promoting wider debate , please support . |
| 13 | For a penny we used to always go to pictures Saturday afternoon when we was little . |
| 14 | The fox we used to we used to dig down there and come to the vixen . |
| 15 | Well in the winter we used to like it like that , but in the summer we used to got the old fashioned cooler we used to run over there |
| 16 | I thought this sort of thing would be something the Green Party nationally should decide that whether in principle we ought to affiliate with . |
| 17 | The way we used to ! ’ |
| 18 | Why do n't we go back to the way we used to be ? |
| 19 | the way we used to . |
| 20 | From our union we gave of ourselves in what way we could to those who sought or needed our support . |
| 21 | We used to have to pass on the way to school we used to pa pass a bakehouse , Bakehouse , in Road . |
| 22 | In Rolling Stone we used to , you know I 've never been one of the designers who erm sketches little thumbnails and makes people , makes assistants follow them through . |
| 23 | They need better leisure facilities , certainly , but given current trends that 's a market we ought to be considering anyway . |
| 24 | Three hundred and fifty kilos for tomorrow morning , is very exciting , until you realise that oil is the last thing on God 's earth we ought to be carrying . |