Example sentences of "he [modal v] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew that he ought to see a physician , but was unwilling to do so lest he be told that he was not , after all , cured of syphilis . |
| 2 | He ought to see a vet . ’ |
| 3 | Loath as Nigel was to cut into the flow of praise , he felt he ought to broach the subject of going home . |
| 4 | It was to tell the head of state to whom he was accredited that he ought to leave the country . |
| 5 | He ought to take a riding-whip to that wife of his and then bed her over and over again until she 's with child . " |
| 6 | In 1250 it was discovered that the lands which Aubrey , a forester of fee of Whittlewood Forest , held by serjeanty in Northamptonshire , had been alienated in part , and that ‘ the serjeanty of Peter of Minton in Shropshire , for which he ought to keep the forest of Long Mynd and the hays of Bushmoor and Haycrust ’ had been ‘ alienated in part by divers parcels ’ . |
| 7 | Even Mr. Harding , who in ‘ The Last Chronicle of Barset ’ is described as the sweetest gentleman and best Christian ever known in Barchester , ‘ felt that he ought to rebuke the lady ’ . |
| 8 | He also considered the alternative submission that , pursuant to section 78 of the Act of 1984 , he ought to exclude the evidence because , in the words of section 78 : |
| 9 | Maybe he ought to have a shower or something . |
| 10 | If the hon. Gentleman is seriously concerned about unemployment — — he ought to have a word with his hon. Friends on the Select Committee who tried to cover up the consequences of his policy . |
| 11 | He ought to have a licence for eyelashes like that ! |
| 12 | An obscure feeling that he ought to have a key to this house made him resentful . |
| 13 | He ought to have a feeling of reverence for the beautiful things his great-uncle had entrusted to him . |
| 14 | It can be a problem if , for example , the groom speaks no English : either he , or the bride and her family , may feel he ought to have the opportunity to speak at his own wedding , or that he has a duty to honour his hosts by thanking them publicly . |
| 15 | When he had had a few drinks , though not otherwise , Peter talked about how he knew he ought to have the test to find out if he was HIV negative , as he hoped , as he desperately hoped , but he had not had it yet . |
| 16 | Charles thought he ought to show an interest in more mundane , soldierly matters . |
| 17 | It 's almost as if Rene Kerfante were to say that he ought to tell The Correspondent not to use his typefaces , but they need to get something , I do n't know , more coherent though . |
| 18 | Nothing would , nothing could go wrong today ; he ought to find a betting shop and put some money on a horse , he felt so lucky , so good , so in tune . |
| 19 | Yeah the chances are he may throw an objection up |
| 20 | In the same term it was resolved by the two Chief Justices , Chief Baron , and Baron Altham , upon conference betwixt the Lords of the Privy Council and them , that the King by his proclamation can not create any offence which was not an offence before , for then he may alter the law of the land by his proclamation in a high point ; for if he may create an offence where none is , upon that ensues fine and imprisonment : also the law of England is divided into three parts , common law , statute law , and custom ; but the King 's proclamation is none of them : also malum aut eat malum in se , aut prohibitum , that which is against common law is malum in se , malum prohibitum is such an offence as is prohibited by Act of Parliament , and not by proclamation . |
| 21 | Or he may pass the information to a non-member of the exchange , who then deals through another broker or in the over-the-counter ( OTC ) market . |
| 22 | He sees the American scene as so stagnant , however , that he may eschew the rock circuit altogether and move more towards the ( deep breath ) US art world . |
| 23 | That is an extreme case but a marketing man may subtly resist the plan to move from premium pricing to commodity pricing , or he may sabotage the plan to squeeze more profit out of old products rather than spend money on new ones . |
| 24 | For example , he may strike a match perfectly well but in attempting to light a candle he may try to light the wick with the match unlit or strike the match against the candle . |
| 25 | In such a situation it is possible for the parent 's self control to snap and in a moment of aberration he may strike the child in a manner that is instantly regretted and most unlikely ever to be repeated . ’ |
| 26 | Under Section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 , where it appears to the Attorney General that the sentencing of a person in the Crown Court has been unduly lenient he may refer the case to the Court of Appeal , with leave , for the sentence to be reviewed . |
| 27 | ‘ I warn the abolitionists ’ , says South Carolina , ‘ … that if chance shall throw any of them into our hands he may expect a felon 's death … |
| 28 | If there is anyone still pondering why he trekked out to Philadelphia and paid all that money for Biotech '83 , he may contemplate the image of one of the organisers departing from his hotel on the last day of the meeting , wrapped first in a fur coat , and then in a Jaguar . |
| 29 | In the same term it was resolved by the two Chief Justices , Chief Baron , and Baron Altham , upon conference betwixt the Lords of the Privy Council and them , that the King by his proclamation can not create any offence which was not an offence before , for then he may alter the law of the land by his proclamation in a high point ; for if he may create an offence where none is , upon that ensues fine and imprisonment : also the law of England is divided into three parts , common law , statute law , and custom ; but the King 's proclamation is none of them : also malum aut eat malum in se , aut prohibitum , that which is against common law is malum in se , malum prohibitum is such an offence as is prohibited by Act of Parliament , and not by proclamation . |
| 30 | By section 11 of the Public Order Act 1986 , anyone organising a march must give the police six days notice otherwise he may commit an offence . |