Example sentences of "that [vb mod] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That ought to do it . ’ |
| 2 | Quickly he added one more note : thirty francs , that ought to do it , in the boy 's terms , it was a fortune . |
| 3 | ‘ I offer you a division of Lothian that ought to suit us both , ’ Thorfinn said . |
| 4 | Provided America does n't pull out of the alliance completely , that ought to give us all some protection . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ That ought to settle them , ’ he said . |
| 6 | This kind of thinking has n't featured in election campaigning , so though friends warn me that I 'll be submerged in a great placid pool of meditation , I 'm off to Dartington to gather a few hints on the ideas that ought to guide our future . |
| 7 | That ought to concern us all . |
| 8 | Finally , he underestimates the ability of pop fans to live with hidden or even oven meanings in pop that ought to affront them . |
| 9 | That ought to fetch him . |
| 10 | ‘ Just wear your hair loose , Kate , that ought to wow them ! ’ |
| 11 | He says this in the kind of dry voice that ought to mean he is smiling . |
| 12 | A a as I say er i it takes a bit of getting used to when you 're just making a meal for yourself , you know what I mean you 're you 're that used to carry 'em about and picking after 'em and |
| 13 | Th th when the house was built it was painted and I think that used to last it 's lifetime . |
| 14 | ‘ Christ that used to give me the shits , ’ said the New Zealander . |
| 15 | Oh yes , yes , yes but erm on the radio prog programme I heard someone say there was every street corner these women but they were n't , I do n't think there was , I think it was you know , there were a lot of women that used to do it illegal . |
| 16 | And er well perhaps there was one that used to do anything cos she was perhaps too young . |
| 17 | Remember back a few issues ( UX No 363 ) when Gain Technology , the multimedia start-up that used to call itself Cayenne Systems , was talking about giving the IBM/Apple joint venture a run for its money and persuading IBM to adopt its technology ? |
| 18 | Back you 'd go then to the We used to have a a a a machine then , an electric box affair , that used to put your lamp in , it would set your wick at a certain angle that there wo made a spark and when you 'd close this up , it caused a spark that would light your wick again you see ? |
| 19 | But Soderstrom , introducing the songs set by set , was good company ; the recital hall at Blackheath , rescued from years of abuse by the government department that used to inhabit it , had a good sound and an airy Victorian grace ; and Roger Vignoles , the accompanist , was as clear and gifted as ever ; so the capacity audience wound up feeling happy , especially when treated to confident versions of Lehar 's Vilja Song or My Lips They Kiss So Hot . |
| 20 | Were they the only people that used to use it like that ? |
| 21 | And another bloke that used to drink his own Number One . " |
| 22 | she could n't understand how , she said oh she said and , and a couple of channels that used to drive her up the wall . |
| 23 | Somebody well it was Magnus Bruce that used to drive it . |
| 24 | He smiles : ‘ I 've grown up a lot and I 'm now enjoying important fights that used to fill me with nerves . |
| 25 | I 've lost whatever it was that used to draw me there like a magnet . ’ |
| 26 | Labour says that although it would hand the opted-out schools back to the authorities that used to control them , it would protect them against discrimination . |
| 27 | The fish that used to feed them has been taken away to feed animals . |
| 28 | A female journalist from Smash Hits — a magazine that used to love them , but it 's all over now — has not only slagged their record off , she has claimed that they are — wait for it — sexist ! |
| 29 | I avoid so many of the things that used to cause me stress before . |
| 30 | She had conquered this feeling sufficiently to allow her to accept visits from her friends , and had overcome the apologetic murmurs that used to assail her as she opened her bedroom door ; she felt , in part , absolved by the wonderfully institutional shape of her room , which was on the third floor of a large block in the middle of Regents Park . |