Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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' ? ’ |
| 2 | He also persuaded the college authorities that they ought to embark on a class project and construction was started in November 1936 . |
| 3 | Rather he thinks that people ought to vote on the basis of what they think is right so he uses an with the jury service at this point . |
| 4 | I ought to knock on the door of this hospital and say , Let me in . |
| 5 | She pointed beyond a wooden pier to the place where she used to sit on a crate beside her father as he fished through the ice . |
| 6 | I ca n't remember any of it now , but I used to sit on a crate and listen to her , and think about freedom , stupid things you think when you 're a kid , you know . |
| 7 | I used to sit on the wall , spurring the brick and tossing the purse magnanimously to the dog below . |
| 8 | no the blonde lad , the one who used to sit on the door , er |
| 9 | And because I had only one chair , we used to sit on the edge of the hard , narrow bed and draw up the table so that we could write on it together . |
| 10 | I used to sit on the floor crying but Brian always pulled me out of it . ’ |
| 11 | Somebody used to sit on the carpet at one end of the room with a walking stick and a chalk mark in front of him and the contestants used to have to come up to him and try to rub the marking out and he used to rap the hands with his walking stick . |
| 12 | St Richards was fun and strict , with not enough to eat and high academic standards ; I developed a crush on the assistant matron who had a phenomenally large chest ; I liked her because she used to sit on the ends of our beds and talk to us before we went to sleep . |
| 13 | Always used to go on a Sunday messing about |
| 14 | used to go on a Sunday say come on we 'll go and I used to my dinner , oh fucking hell my dinner this is desperate , them wee were gorgeous too . |
| 15 | As I had to go to Beskett this young woman had not long been married and she always used to ask me to call at her house in Palfrey , cos I used to go on a bike not in a van , on a carrier bike , she used to ask me to call at her house in Palfrey to see if there were any mail from her husband and he was , there sometimes was sometimes there was n't nothing you know that he 'd written and er one day I 'd got back and er she was all in tears and er he , he had been killed in France and I was glad I did n't have to be the harbinger of the times you know she still lives in Palfrey now Mrs yeah . |
| 16 | We used to go on a tram-car and have a smoke , and a councillor was on there once , and noticed us having a smoke . |
| 17 | He used to go on a Wednesday my father did , yeah . |
| 18 | And we used to go visiting , my Auntie Irene lived there and And we used to go on a Saturday night , I used to ooh and I 've told her , I used to tell I would n't live that , live up that lane rent free . |
| 19 | Oh we used to go on the works trips , aha , we used to go to Rothesay |
| 20 | oh we used to have , when we used to go on the strawberry field |
| 21 | we used to go on the commons |
| 22 | Often , too , we used to go on the ARP bus , a sort of fishing club for fire fighters in the Heeley Green area of Sheffield , run by local cutler George Sadler . |
| 23 | I used to work on a service counter in the 5Os , and here I am back at JS still working on a service counter in the 9Os ’ |
| 24 | He used to work on a farm and wanted to be buried in a country church . |
| 25 | K. M. When I used to work on the dockside , it was a hive of activity , all the horses and the steam-engines parked along the street . |
| 26 | You 've got to make sure that you 're in good health , and you 're a er hale and hearty individual , so if you 're from a long lived family , erm I once er made a mistake on er delivering one of these courses and er I think erm erm there 's an elderly lady used to work on the course , do you remember Miss , Miss ? |
| 27 | The Rangers midfield player , who used to stand on the Elland Road terraces , fears Howard Wilkinson 's champions could copy Arsenal by going into free-fall after crashing out of Europe . |
| 28 | The right hon. Member for Finchley used to stand on the sidelines wringing her hands , carping and whingeing , but in the end she went along with things . |
| 29 | And when you got into any gas , a blue flame used to come on the top of your lamp pop , gone . |
| 30 | I know , I know Brian would n't at least three but , and this , and this was n't really big enough and they use two side by side , whenever they were late or away for a weekend I took over and see to the cats feed , they were sweet erm used to come on the porch and meow at me , it 's my dinner time , come on , just get not time yet , used to come to the porch , and tell me , they used to know when I was n't coming home , how do they do it ? |