Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to help us I think in our discussions , it seems to me that , I think we ought to write formally to the County Council and to the District Council actually asking them for more details of their consideration for what they intend to do about parishes . |
| 2 | Respondents from medium-sized and large firms , especially the former , once again argued that the requirement , if introduced , ought to apply exclusively to sole practitioners . |
| 3 | if you 've booked it , I said you ought to look forward to it but er , I suppose it 's just come over her |
| 4 | One mate had been into it for a while 'cos he used to go away to sea . |
| 5 | Oh they went , they went to the ones they used to go away to and and Castle . |
| 6 | And erm we used to go into the assembly hall every morning for prayer and then we should just go up to the erm we we used to go upstairs to the er to the classrooms which were off a long corridor . |
| 7 | She used to generally get home about , she used to go right to you see , and get home about seven o'clock at night . |
| 8 | And er we used to go occasionally to W E A meetings , in the library at , and er I was n't a member of his class , but I did once go and hear Hugh , when he was at Nottingham . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh all right , I have n't been inside this house since I used to come here to dances when your father was a boy . |
| 10 | That 's what I really think as well , but he was extremely good , and I used to listen sometimes to the way that he interviewed people . |
| 11 | He and I used to sail together to the Spice Islands to trade in vitamin pills and conch shells . |
| 12 | From the time that I was about ten , I used to look forward to Mr. Golding 's visits , for sometimes on never-to-be-forgotten occasions he would let me go down into the cellar with him . |
| 13 | How we used to look forward to it and how long it seemed to be in coming . |
| 14 | . We used to look forward to them coming . |
| 15 | I used to look forward to the Sundays I spent with Irina and Bill . |
| 16 | I used to look forward to commentary on a Sat. afternoon , but it seems such a tie as Ipswich at home can not even produce a goal never mind a win . |