Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [to-vb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I 'm sorry , Mr Grout , but I thought I ought to mention it . |
| 2 | ‘ When you first came in to look around I half thought I ought to mention it . |
| 3 | Well possibly I ought to put it on my review panel and er if there 's a requirement for it . |
| 4 | Or perhaps I ought to say it was her spirit , since it resembled not at all any portrait that could have been painted . |
| 5 | Even though I 've got the option of not doing it , I do n't really feel I could not do it , because I feel I ought to do it . |
| 6 | JEWKES : He is my master and if he bids me do anything I can do I think I ought to do it and let him who has power to command me look to the lawfulness of it . |
| 7 | In view of the point of order raised by the hon. Member for Northampton , North ( Mr. Marlow ) , I ought to make it clear that we would very much like to see an investigation of the missing pension funds . |
| 8 | Perhaps I ought to make it clear that , when we talk of qualified lenders , we have in mind building societies , banks , insurance companies and other institutional lenders . |
| 9 | ‘ I ought to make it quite clear to you , ma'am , ’ he murmured in the taxi , ‘ that any knickers you may be wearing may well be taken down and used in evidence . ’ |
| 10 | I ought to throw it in his teeth . |
| 11 | ‘ Then perhaps I ought to read it , ’ was McAllister 's somewhat impertinent response to this statement . |
| 12 | Well I 've written a letter which I 'll read out to you , I have n't posted it because I think I ought to read it to the meeting and get their approval erm , or otherwise , erm , Dear Miss , this is the General Secretary , W I subscription nineteen ninety two . |
| 13 | But if it meant this I ought to know it . |
| 14 | To which he , Wittgenstein , replies , ‘ But if it meant that , then I ought to know it , I ought to be able to refer to the experience directly , and not only indirectly . |
| 15 | Smith agreed that such a report was needed and indicated that , as I had suggested it , I ought to prepare it . |
| 16 | Because if my mother ever buys me a bar I 'll to stop it . |
| 17 | A private internal affair needed resolving , and I went on that review group , I was prepared to do all that I could to resolve it . |
| 18 | Darling , I did everything I could to make it pleasurable , not painful … ’ |
| 19 | oh yes , but not in the ordinary er there was a huge place , where you could put tables all round the tables , you see , and , and er it was a and er I liked it , I , when they were busy , you see , I used to , especially if they had an order for these hundreds of cups of tea , er , you see , I used to go down and give a hand then , I used to like it , you see , somebody would give a shout and I would come down from the office and and left them anyway and then er I heard of this job . |
| 20 | There was at the time a French popular song , wistful and haunting , and I used to repeat it in my mind like a rosary. : |
| 21 | I used to love it when he kicked me and enjoyed just sitting and feeling the bulge . |
| 22 | They 're my old favourites , I used to love it |
| 23 | oh I used to love it |
| 24 | Oh I do yeah , I used to love it and I 'm sure these two er get , I mean very , very good umpire is Dickie Bird and John Hampshire . |
| 25 | and I used to give it |
| 26 | I used to say it was like people waking me up in the morning and throwing money in through my bedroom window . |
| 27 | I used to say it 's not fair ! |
| 28 | I used to cut them all up and they used to leave me the legs , you know , the hams and the backs and they used to have a few joints off and take home and then the rest I used to lay it , put it into bacon down the cellar . |
| 29 | Er and erm I used to put it in this and go to out into the mess room outside where they there was a cook and it was a very grand name for a person you know , a cook . |
| 30 | but I used to put it through the mincer did n't I ? |