Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then again , how is the individual management to know if it happens to be one of those which ought to acknowledge a responsibility to maintain or lower prices , or whether it is one of the lucky ones which can be let off that responsibility ? |
| 2 | ‘ I think we ought to circulate a bit , do n't you ? ’ |
| 3 | OME props ought to carry a warning . |
| 4 | ‘ Men like Luke Hunter ought to carry a government health warning , ’ she agreed . |
| 5 | More to the point is that the Discourse indicates the scientism of the period : it is taken for granted by the lecturer that Turner ought to paint a tree of a recognizable species , for example , and assumed that portrait painters are after an exact likeness . |
| 6 | ‘ But I think you ought to see a psychiatrist . |
| 7 | He ought to see a vet . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | So I think we ought to see a little bit more of these doctors and a little more of these pharmacists also backing the National Health Service up er which they should . |
| 10 | Perhaps I ought to see a doctor . ’ |
| 11 | Maybe I ought to see a doctor about my acid content or something . |
| 12 | The Havvie Blaines of this world ought to wear a sign warning decent women off — and he 's as handsome as the devil , which does n't help . ’ |
| 13 | Stepping carefully over the gutter , Gonzalo remarked that I ought to wear a coat like he did . |
| 14 | A senior minister , looking at the vast new platform which turned the Winter Gardens into a television set , suggested that it really ought to contain a pantheon for past leaders . |
| 15 | ‘ You ought to write a book . ’ |
| 16 | ought to pass a vote of thanks to both of them for the sterling work they have done and I would be more than happy to er thank you |
| 17 | We ought to find a place where we can see what 's happening . ’ |
| 18 | Certainly ability as well as property ought to find a place in the legislature , but property ought to be " out of all proportion , predominant in the representation " . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ With so many of us we ought to set a rota for cooking . |
| 21 | Workers were reported as saying : ‘ Our government ought to reach a peace before our entire villages and towns are destroyed , since we ca n't do anything about it anyway . ’ |
| 22 | 8 THE FLOPPY DRIVE : You ought to buy a machine with a 3.5-inch floppy drive because most new software comes on 3.5-inch floppy disks . |
| 23 | Mitchell and White ran themselves into the ground and Nicky Summerbee tried everything he could to get a goal . |
| 24 | Molly , Edith ( Harlow ) and I were talking about the Medauring in Germany started by Sofie Trappe , and I said we ought to form a group in England — Molly 's reaction was ‘ that 's fine Andy so long as I have nothing to do with the organisation ’ … so that year we formed the Studio Club . |
| 25 | Somebody ought to do a research project into it ; the answers are all there to be unearthed , if you 've got the time and the energy . ’ |
| 26 | We ought to devise a scheme and an area |
| 27 | It 's coming out of our taxes , that 's where , and we ought to put a stop to it . |
| 28 | It 's turning cold , do n't you think you ought to put a jacket on ? |
| 29 | I think we ought to put a bit of sellotape over that one . |
| 30 | I do n't know if we ought to put a timetable on that , on what 's going on , on this erm , eco-management erm , business , but also , I was wondering , could we not ask for a report to the March or April meeting of this committee , on what actions we could take to make progress on the recommendations of the district auditor in paragraph forty-four . |