Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [modal v] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I ought to formally reopen the inquest ; compel the police to reveal publicly how little they have achieved . ’ |
| 2 | Erm Mick said afterwards , perhaps I ought to er try a verbal lambasting of them before every game , if that 's the sort of response I get , two from , one from , the two Garys on the score sheet . |
| 3 | So I ought to be able to work out the difference between them . |
| 4 | Well he , he , they were on their way to Norwich but they stopped off at Ipswich for a lunch , you see , and er I had , I looked after them , so , so that it should n't interrupt the other girls behind the counter or , or the waiter who was looking after his regular customers in the dining room , you see , er and so I used to erm and once I had I remember there was six black doctors came in and er and I was glad because it was nice to move about and instead of sticking in the office typing and then going out all alone , you see , while the Manager was on the district , you see , I liked it and er anyway that was a long time ago . |
| 5 | and er , so I used to , I started again and then I did n't smoke until I come out of ho , when I come out , I did n't smoke |
| 6 | Perhaps she ought to be grateful that , out of Luke Hunter 's whole harem , she was at least one of the only two to be awarded an ‘ A ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps you ought to , ’ she said . |
| 8 | Erm I mean the if you , if you 're looking at erm at er at , at , at the costs on that erm I mean do you , do you think that er er that that 's a reasonable sum to , to actually put aside ea each month to provide that sort of protection or , or perhaps you ought to be thinking of , of looking at a higher figure . |
| 9 | Are there any problems that may be looming on the horizon that perhaps you ought to be addressing before they reach the door ? |
| 10 | Yeah , perhaps you ought to . |
| 11 | Perhaps we ought to be a little more circumspect . |
| 12 | Do you think perhaps we ought to erm ask the school if they 've got the letters ready yet , rather than |
| 13 | Perhaps we ought to lo well , what is weaning ? |
| 14 | If the latter are regarded as territory to be defended , as rallying cries for confrontation with others , perhaps we ought to be asking whether they need to be so territorial ? |
| 15 | and er actually that is something perhaps we ought to be talking about . |
| 16 | Perhaps we ought to be spending time developing camouflage , rather than advertising our presence . |
| 17 | So we ought to be cheering as the big round numbers go by , leaving us healthy and whole . |
| 18 | Oh well I b , it were , we all had to be in the union anyway and so we used to er we used to go to the meetings a a a you know as youngsters and then when we came back from the Army we 'd got to the union meeting as well . |
| 19 | I know it 's , I knew it was Needham Station and it was between station to station , you see , not er anything to do with the public but that 's where I learnt so we used to er take er messages from station to station and I used to speak to the girl at Merrith down the line . |
| 20 | And sometimes used to get a bit of a a bad storm ahead so we used to especially if you went from here to er North of Scotland round Cape . |
| 21 | Perhaps they ought to be in the British Library . |
| 22 | Just that perhaps he ought to be respected ! ’ |
| 23 | She tried , saying : ‘ On the other hand , perhaps he ought to be told . |
| 24 | I think perhaps he ought to . |
| 25 | Does your husband accept that perhaps he ought to be looking after the baby alternate weeks , or is that not a solution to the problem ? |
| 26 | Me mother er and me father they er me mother used to go to picture and then er when the cur and then me me dad did n't like pictures so he used to always meet me mother outside and then they 'd perhaps go and have a little drink together and a walk . |
| 27 | And er and then er of course I went back to me mother after me grandmother died , I went to me mother and er mind you when I was th young there was a lot of poverty about you know there was er no security pay and no er and you could n't get any money from anywhere or anything like that you know and er so it used to er had to do the best you can . |
| 28 | So it used to be a pond last century or |
| 29 | We start our school at eight o'clock , at nine o'clock it used to be prayers in the hall . |
| 30 | " If you do n't want me any longer I ought to be on my way to the hospital . |