Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | Her husband , looking hard at his glass , said : ‘ You ought to keep on the right side of her , any road . |
| 3 | And everything used to go on the old garden bonfires did n't it , in the past ? |
| 4 | And er we used to go on the High Road together , shopping together , And perhaps Sunday afternoons she 'd say , Oh come on Ada let's have a ride down Nottingham . |
| 5 | Mulhern does n't sell horses but he was partly influenced this time by Jeremy Maxwell who used to train On the Other Hand and he eventually agreed to part with the gelding to Robert Ogden with a view to running in the Grand Military Gold Cup at Sandown . |
| 6 | People used to bash on the closed doors if they could n't get in . ’ |
| 7 | I used to come home , I used to go down there about , I used to start out away from the shop about er ten o'clock , half past ten , you see , in the morning and go down the Fen , call at then comes well I used to call on the first houses on the right the way down the Fen there I used to go down farm they used to call it , come back to and then on to you see . |
| 8 | Cos I used to live on the top floor . |
| 9 | Its most famous leader , Franz Josef Strauss , used to lean on the Christian Democrats when he wanted something by threatening to go national . |
| 10 | Even the Prime Minister , who once used to arrive on the last day by aeroplane in order to deliver his speech , sits every day on the platform listening to rebuke , complaint and exhortation . |
| 11 | And many were the tricks that the carters They used to get on the right side of the maid and get her to make an impression of the key on a block o of soap . |
| 12 | Moreover the West has developed cheap alternatives for most things they used to depend on the Third World for . |
| 13 | communication yes , so that we used to have the difficulty , and we used to rely on the odd person , railway people , drivers and their guards , they used to be knocked up during the night for early duty , by call boys , we used to make use of them if we wanted a message sent anywhere . |