Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told Calero he ought to find himself a code-name — a suggestion Calero virtually ignored — because ‘ the Soviets listen to everything on the east coast ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Maybe you ought to find yourself a younger jockey . ’ |
| 3 | If an overweight man in his fifties who is a heavy smoker , has a family history of heart disease and is working in a stressful job were to decide to ‘ get fit ’ and invite a colleague for a game of squash for the first time in twenty years , he would be doing just about the best he could to give himself a heart attack . |
| 4 | Voltaire , an altogether more sympathetic figure , who incidentally used to serve himself the best Burgundy while giving his guests vin ordinaire , observed in one of his philosophical tales that la lune de miel is followed the next month by la lune de l'absinthe . ] ) |
| 5 | A past employer of mine used to give himself a gourmet week at home once a year . |
| 6 | And someone said you ought to get yourself a pair . |
| 7 | He said I ought to get myself a lawyer . ’ |
| 8 | Morrissey ought to get himself a string section and stop swanning about pretending to be Melvyn Bragg . ’ |