Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] [art] " 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 After the Italian surrender in the summer of 1943 he privately reckoned the chances of a similar German collapse at six to four against ; and he recognised , partly under pressure from Attlee and others on the Labour side , that he ought to appoint a senior Minister to co-ordinate the planning of reconstruction .
5 He ought to swap the doctors that he has at the Serious Fraud Office for those who decide applications for disability allowance and attendance allowance .
6 It was to tell the head of state to whom he was accredited that he ought to leave the country .
7 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 . "
8 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 ’ .
9 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 ’ .
10 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 :
11 An obscure feeling that he ought to have a key to this house made him resentful .
12 He ought to have a feeling of reverence for the beautiful things his great-uncle had entrusted to him .
13 Maybe he ought to have a shower or something .
14 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 .
15 He ought to have a licence for eyelashes like that !
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 ‘ It is the people hereabouts that I like , ’ said Mr Crump , feeling the silence as censure and well aware that he ought to play a proper part in the conversation .
19 Charles thought he ought to show an interest in more mundane , soldierly matters .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 Yeah the chances are he may throw an objection up
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 He may preach the virtues of an empty bank account , but Damon is fairly obsessed with filling his own .
28 He may be to Ally McCoist what Jimmy Millar was to Ralph Brand , he may possess the aerial threat of a Willie Thornton , a Derek Johnstone , but Hateley contributes skill where those previous Rangers centre-forwards lent mainly bravado .
29 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 .
30 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 . ’
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