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 | Charles thought he ought to show an interest in more mundane , soldierly matters . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Yeah the chances are he may throw an objection up |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 … |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | If B is threatened with a tort it is , of course , equally true that he may bring an action for damages if the tort is committed or bring an action for a quia timet injunction first , but , especially where the threat is of violence , it is perhaps less realistic to say that these legal remedies afford him adequate protection against the consequences of resistance . |
| 19 | If he is slow , he may feel a slight but unpleasant jolt , catching the hammer as it falls . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He may achieve a little more animation this time if Party Politics wins him his place in history . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Does that mean he may lay an information and bring the matter before the magistrates without first putting the person alleged to be in default on notice of what is alleged ? |
| 24 | He may suffer a severe personality change from which he might not recover . |
| 25 | 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 … ’ . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He may make an excellent shoemaker , but can never make a good poet . |
| 28 | Yet he may wear a Heart replete with Guile , |
| 29 | But where standards appear to a discharger to impose excessive demands he may exercise a right of appeal to the Secretary of State . |
| 30 | He may exercise a right of appeal if one is provided by the legislation under which the decision complained of was taken . |