Example sentences of "[vb mod] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Ramsey confessed that they had done a lot of harm and ought to apologize but said that the best of them were trying to , and that the Church of England ought to apologize to the high churchmen for the way in which it sometimes treated them .
2 you ought to see underneath the fridge , he does this in the kitchen and they 've all gone under the fridge , when you 're at the top shop or any other places where the will you have a look on the cards in the window , I 'm looking for a slide , you know , but a smaller one for him for the garden for the summer really , cos that 's just about had it that one ?
3 The history teacher ought to go beyond the generalities of support for parliamentary democracy and liberty to help young people understand the changing nature of society , with its changing patterns of employment and unemployment , its multi-cultural and multi-ethnic nature with the changing status of women , and the ways in which moral attitudes and beliefs are being affected by science and technology .
4 You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’
5 Neither the campaign nor the result purged him or his family of a settled if unenthusiastic feeling that he ought to go into the House of Commons .
6 I wrote back and said no way did I think that she ought to go into the unit .
7 You ought to go to the Empress Monday nights .
8 Do you think you ought to go to the doctors again ?
9 Well everybody ought to go to the dentist if they want to keep their teeth nice and healthy .
10 I ought to go to the party .
11 I think you ought to go to the doctor 's about that
12 ‘ I 'm sorry , Rosalind , ’ Peggy began in a rather shaky voice , ‘ but your letter got damaged and the policeman did n't think it ought to go in the post with a tear in it and so we came — ‘
13 You ought to go in the Loco .
14 I mean this ought to go in the paper really .
15 This ought to go in the paper Mary , not boot not the car boot .
16 That camera , the camera equipment ought to go in The er Advertiser not the car boot sale .
17 I feel it ought to go before the A G M rather than just be agreed .
18 That 's an argument that ought to appeal to the Noble Lords opposite if nothing else does !
19 They were to make perambulations , distinguishing between those districts which ought to remain in the forest , and those which ought to be put out .
20 In August 1333 the king declared that divers woods and other places in Surrey had been unjustifiably disafforested under colour of the Statute of 1327 : there was evidence in ‘ divers inquisitions taken in the time of his progenitors and … other memoranda in the Exchequer ’ that they ought to remain in the forest .
21 There may well be all sorts of contributory factors which need stating but these ought to come after the full apology .
22 If some clarity of purpose and coherence of action is to take the place of this drift , the ideas and energy ought to come from the political parties because , in theory , they are supposed to provide the driving force in political development .
23 Although the church has traditionally been reluctant to expose those to whom it delivers this service to public attention , the general assembly ought to know of the scale of the kirk 's response .
24 He says they ought to jump in the nearest river !
25 I do n't know who well I do n't know whether you ought to write to the chief constable and explain the situation , all the
26 I must to go to the pub and see
27 Against Sartre 's claim to establish Marxism 's truth philosophically , Althusser reasoned that if Marxism is a science , then the history of Marxism ought to conform to the kind of history that had been developed for the sciences .
28 ‘ Someone ought to talk to the family connections , ’ Coffin said aloud .
29 If there is definitely a problem here , the relevant minister ought to consult with the Chancellor , as this is a clear case for deregulation .
30 We ought to focus on the practical and urgent business problems we have of managing our growth and creating a business strategy that will unite us . ’
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