Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [modal v] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why , I 've heard tell from the Bishop 's secretary that yours used to be the best Mystery in the land , bar none . |
| 2 | I found myself thinking affectionately that I ought to be straightforward with him ; the English liked that . |
| 3 | I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there . |
| 4 | Well perhaps this is a good time just to take stock and to say I know that I 'm not all that I should be and all that I ought to be , but by this time next year I 'm going to be a bit better than I am just now , in spiritual terms . |
| 5 | Well again that may be that erm the evidence will be such that I think that I ought to erm give the decision on it . |
| 6 | ‘ I still feel that I ought to — ’ |
| 7 | What we 're are saying is , There are the sites , they do n't have the development constraints that I would to the extent erm that you believe erm they have , and Skelton and the two objection sites are very well located a whole range of service facilities and employment opportunities , and development on those sites would fit squarely within local plan policy . |
| 8 | Well I did we we talked about this , you see Mary Anne , half way through the conversation er Neil went out of the room so that I could to Mary Ann and I said towards the end of my conversation , you know , Mary Ann you 're a very wise person , give me some advice I said , I told her about Neil not wanting no not doing well on the driving , although he can drive she said he does n't want to do it she said do n't hassle him so when he came downstairs I said I 've been talking to Mary Ann and she sends you her love and because , of course , you know , we 've got a grandson , you know she had a son , my |
| 9 | I said that I used to be partial to them when I smoked . |
| 10 | Remember that I used to be very well known for sports shots . |
| 11 | ‘ And another thing that 's changed is that I used to be wary of getting into certain types of music , for fear they would show up in my playing ; these days , though , I figure that listening to just about anything is cool . |
| 12 | For instance , I do n't want people to know that I used to be a drummer . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't seem to fed the same urge to wander that I used to . ’ |
| 14 | For instance , I do n't want people to know that I used to be a drummer . ’ |
| 15 | I used to walk along there to see these rabbits I think the name was and they , it was a barber 's shop that had got these sold all sorts of pet things and that I used to , then I used to come home that was my Saturday morning , but I always used to go in up to the news line . |
| 16 | I 'm old , I know I 'm old and I ca n't do all the things that I used to be able to do . |
| 17 | Yeah but they , Ben and this bloke Phil that I used to s be seeing , the one that yeah , that one erm have got this |
| 18 | For example , at first interview Mrs Kitchener 's daughter expressed a great deal of antagonism to her mother , talked at great length about the difficulties she experienced in caring for her mother and said that she had often told her mother — and other people — that she ought to be in a Home . |
| 19 | Declaring that she was so beautiful that she ought to be in pictures , he gave her some of his manuscripts . |
| 20 | She knew that she ought to be paying some attention to the rest of the class but she was altogether too excited to let the matter rest . |
| 21 | She agreed to one glass of the port , not because she was feeling at all drunk but because she knew that she ought to be . |
| 22 | It was all a plot to distort what she said , a plot between her husband and brother to take her daughter away from her , and her daughter had never got into any trouble while she was with her , and that she ought to be with other girls of her own age and with her own mother . |
| 23 | At 5 p.m. a staff nurse joined Miss T. and her mother and Miss T. told the staff nurse that she did not want a blood transfusion , that she used to be a Jehovah 's Witness and that she still maintained some beliefs . |
| 24 | Does n't she know , I go on , that she used to be a role model ? |
| 25 | give the same protection and employment rights that you would to other employees who have problems related to other forms of ill-health |
| 26 | You do n't fully savour happy/frivolous moments because of a gnawing feeling that you ought to be doing something more worthwhile . |
| 27 | you do n't join in some enjoyable activity because of a gnawing feeling that you ought to be working |
| 28 | He once remarked that good prose is like a window-pane , meaning that you ought to be able to see through it without seeing it ; and anyone who has ever tried to write prose like that , or to see human creatures in life or fiction like Waugh 's early fictional characters , will know how much clutter of mind and words needs first to be cleared away . |
| 29 | I have no right and you have been very generous , Fred , Uncle Steve and the boys and Gertie ca n't understand why you did n't come here with us , Gert only said this morning that you ought to be here , your place is with us , but do n't think I am not grateful . |
| 30 | the point about membership is that you ought to be able to comment on those suggestions of change and get involved with them on a broad basis . |