Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt I ought to call out to Malpass or maybe go and see if he was okay . |
| 2 | Yeah , probably if you want me to get that old mower going I ought to go up to Woods and see if I can get a new drive belt . |
| 3 | I ought to go down to the police station . |
| 4 | " I ought to get back to Peach . " |
| 5 | ‘ I ought to get back to work . ’ |
| 6 | Every time I could get away I used to drive down to New York , where I 'm originally from , and go to the Paradise Garage . ’ |
| 7 | At about 2am I used to go up to the lab . |
| 8 | I used to go out to clubs a lot . |
| 9 | Then after I got half way along the I used to go down to that was another place where there was two more bungalows , you see , and then come out of there and go away to call on some more houses until I got to Miss the finish of the round . |
| 10 | Yeah , I used to go down to and I used to pass these fish shops , I had to have fish and chips |
| 11 | I used to go along to Greenbank Hospital 's geriatric wards , where I sang and played to the old folk . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He and I used to sail together to the Spice Islands to trade in vitamin pills and conch shells . |
| 14 | I used to play up to that , pretend to be the lady . |
| 15 | And then I used to get on to the dray and sit beside him on the box and then we 'd go as far as Road , which is quite a stretch and I used o walk back . |
| 16 | But when we were young , she and I used to get up to the most dreadful pranks . ’ |
| 17 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 18 | But er it was quite a simple job and er I liked it , then now and again I used to walk down to the station master 's or the station inspector 's office you know , have a chat with him and and get the gen on what was for the weekend working you see . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | To get off my frustration I used to come down to the track and run it out . |
| 21 | Yes and he 's very , very difficult to feed himself , to get the food in because , you know , he liked to come in a half past ten and bully me to cook things for him that 's why sometimes I used to run up to bed and pretend I was asleep . |
| 22 | Cos I used to look up to her cos she was older than me . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I used to look forward to the Sundays I spent with Irina and Bill . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | So do n't go telling her she ought to go back to that dump in the sky . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You ought to go back to school tomorrow . ’ |
| 28 | Do you think you ought to go back to bed ? |
| 29 | Perhaps you ought to write in to Nature . |
| 30 | ‘ Instead of playing games with us , you ought to face up to your responsibilities and the consequences of your actions — ’ |