Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried telling her she was wrong , which was silly really , because no-one ought to decide such things for anyone else … ’ |
| 2 | Do you think I ought to put that teddy in his cot ? |
| 3 | I ought to start this note with a health warning — it contains some mathematics ; not a lot , but some . |
| 4 | ‘ I ought to get these keys to the garage . ’ |
| 5 | When I was at Notts County , I used to score more goals in the second half of the season . |
| 6 | ‘ Whenever I went out of my house I used to see any number of revolting things . |
| 7 | You had to buy your own stuff , I bought a pair of thigh boots and they were all made with leather and he and I used to put neat's-foot oil on them and I could roll them down just like a b just like a boot . |
| 8 | JC : 1 remember I used to take great pleasure in performing in the Prologue . |
| 9 | ‘ I used to take this lad for walks and he was forever saying ‘ Beckus my old grey mare ’ . |
| 10 | And it was n't Sky 's fault that I used to watch better football at Barnet for exactly the same price as the weekly rental price of a satellite dish . |
| 11 | ‘ I used to live next door to him in Ipswich , great lad , ’ he says . |
| 12 | BEFORE I realised the birds were my occasional allies , I used to do unkind things to them : fish for them , shoot them , tie them to stakes at low tide , put electrically detonated bombs under their nests , and so on . |
| 13 | But I never ever had a running line , although they did have an order for so many like that and I 'd keep the patterns and the gages and if they wanted any more later on , you know , I used to do that sort of thing for the sake of me customers and all that . |
| 14 | I used to do this thing about being tucked up by my mother at night . |
| 15 | we used to have , I used to make big pan of broth you could get gorgeous bacon bones with plenty bacon on in the Co-op in those days , it were wi it was when they , they did all the boning in the shops and you could go , get good meaty bones and I used |
| 16 | I used to I used to pay fifteen quid for the years ago to rent the set |
| 17 | Er when I was s I used to get eight shilling at one time Unemployment Benefit . |
| 18 | In the past when I used to get less money in my wage packet I used to start crying at once . |
| 19 | In the past , habit is expressed by used to or , when a number of habits are referred to , would may be used : I used to walk three miles to school ( every morning ) when I was a child ; He would wake up at about 6.30 . |
| 20 | I used to feel that way about Old Mother Walsh 's snake when I was a little kid . |
| 21 | ‘ When I was young , I used to keep all sorts of tropical fish in a tank . |
| 22 | well I did n't used to , I used to have one A at the beginning but of course , it was impractical because the there were n't enough booklets to go round . |
| 23 | ‘ It sounds so silly when I think about it now , ’ says a disappointed daughter in Pitkeathley 's book , ‘ but I used to have this image of us sitting together in the afternoons . |
| 24 | Also from a very early age I used to have erotic fantasies about ships in storms or ships sinking . |
| 25 | The walk 's last leg follows the embankment of the world 's first electric road-railway , which used to take Victorian tourists from Portrush to the Giant 's Causeway but now covers only the easy descent into Portballintrae . |
| 26 | She supposed that she ought to spend more time at the place , but was always thankful when she was once again on the road back to London . |
| 27 | If Mrs Richards has been here so long , she ought to have some kind of permanent record , to help new staff like me . ’ |
| 28 | The Girl was explaining how she thought perhaps she ought to make some kind of thanks to them for their hospitality . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't want to nag , but I do think you ought to take better care of yourself . |
| 30 | Somebody who used to live next door to you , so it must have been Hartsett Close then . |