Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] a " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . " |
| 5 | An obscure feeling that he ought to have a key to this house made him resentful . |
| 6 | He ought to have a feeling of reverence for the beautiful things his great-uncle had entrusted to him . |
| 7 | Maybe he ought to have a shower or something . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He ought to have a licence for eyelashes like that ! |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 … |
| 14 | If he is slow , he may feel a slight but unpleasant jolt , catching the hammer as it falls . |
| 15 | And finally , brethren , let us ask the Almighty to look down upon us and our endeavours with His special favour , beseeching Him that He may send a blessing upon our daily tasks , and that in His infinite wisdom He may smite our enemies , and destroy those who would destroy us . |
| 16 | He may achieve a little more animation this time if Party Politics wins him his place in history . |
| 17 | Where a protagonist may have political reasons for wishing to differentiate one theological position from another , he may place a high value on scientific results that assist the differentiation . |
| 18 | He may suffer a severe personality change from which he might not recover . |
| 19 | Thus in a self-contract he may make a contract such as ‘ if at the end of the week I have gone without a drink , or lost x lbs in weight , I can buy myself … ’ . |
| 20 | It 's partly because I 'm so lonely , it 's partly deliberate ( I want to make him relax , both for his own good and so that one day he may make a mistake ) , so it 's part weakness , and part cunning , and part charity . |
| 21 | Yet he may wear a Heart replete with Guile , |
| 22 | But where standards appear to a discharger to impose excessive demands he may exercise a right of appeal to the Secretary of State . |
| 23 | He may exercise a right of appeal if one is provided by the legislation under which the decision complained of was taken . |
| 24 | ADRIAN ‘ FATAL Attraction ’ Lyne is considering a James Dearden-scripted remake of Nabokov 's pre-teen-temptress tragedy Lolita , previously filmed by Stanley Kubrick , Lyne 's recent Jacob 's Ladder suggesting he may do a decent job . |
| 25 | In practice a contestant is held responsible for the behaviour of team-members and the coach , and he may face a severe penalty if they misbehave . |
| 26 | The Briton may take a dekko , north India 's ‘ Look ! ’ ( just as , from British rule in Egypt , he may take a shufti — though one who takes a butchers has gone no further east than Bow bells and the cockney rhyming slang of a butcher 's 'ook ) . |
| 27 | For instance , a sales representative needs a car , but if he is able to buy a BMW , Mercedes , Jaguar or Rover then he may gain a bonus in the form of status or prestige enhancements . |
| 28 | With a new car from Benetton due to be shaken down by Martin Brundle at Silverstone today , he may have a chance of holding his position longer than many expect . |
| 29 | With his own production company , Crucial Films , funded by the Beeb and with ‘ all manner of people dropping off bits of writing ’ , it seems he may have a good chance . |
| 30 | Peter 's General Practitioner had discussed the possibility that he may have a peptic ulcer ( erosion of the lining of the stomach or duodenum ) which may be associated with irregular meals , high alcohol consumption and heavy smoking . |