Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said make-up was all very well for some people , but he hated to see it on girls who were n't the right type — implying I suppose , that I ought to wear woollen stockings and teach in a Sunday school ! |
| 2 | Do you think I ought to put that teddy in his cot ? |
| 3 | Just as there is a substantial move from saying ‘ This is a pleasant experience ’ to saying ‘ This is a good thing ’ , so there is a substantial move from saying ‘ This act will produce the best consequences ’ to saying ‘ I ought to do this act ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ I ought to do some work , ’ said Joe , who felt events were causing him to fall behind with his current commission . |
| 5 | I suppose I ought to organise some curtains , but I never shut them so it 's hardly a priority . |
| 6 | I ought to start this note with a health warning — it contains some mathematics ; not a lot , but some . |
| 7 | ‘ I ought to get some sleep , ’ he said , but the coke had taken hold , it was lifting him , and he had such a good seat at the circus , he did n't really want to leave . |
| 8 | I ought to get some vegetables today I suppose . |
| 9 | All Americans go Eh Nine o'clock tomorrow I 'm going over to Kate ten thirty that gives me a bit of lee-way I 've got a at ten I thought it was ten thirty I ought to get some money out really You 're not going into Woking tomorrow morning are you doing your quiz ? |
| 10 | ‘ I ought to get these keys to the garage . ’ |
| 11 | I used to teach Italian architecture many years ago and , I do n't know , I like it there I suppose . ’ |
| 12 | When I was at Notts County , I used to score more goals in the second half of the season . |
| 13 | The God of my far-off country must remember that I used to pray four times a day and still love me . |
| 14 | I was n't into fashion at all , I used to wear second hand stuff . ’ |
| 15 | I used to wear clear glass spectacles , although I did n't need them . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ When I came to Easington to buy the shop I used to wear tinted glasses , ’ says Italo . |
| 17 | When my mum started training to become a probation officer , I used to spend two hours alone after school . |
| 18 | I used to love that place . |
| 19 | I used to leave two pints or three pints there depending what they wanted . |
| 20 | The short answer was that when I was working as inspector of taxes I used to give these talks , I was required to give talks . |
| 21 | ‘ Whenever I went out of my house I used to see any number of revolting things . |
| 22 | But , erm all that time I was running the young wives ' and we used to hold a stall in the garden , at the garden party at the church , and w when you took your takings in , you know th the treasurer would say you know , who are you , you know and I used to say young wives ' and then one day I said well , you know we 're no longer young wives , you know we were getting old and I decided there and then I 'd had enough of young wives ' , you know and er , er because I , I said , I , I was secretary and I 'll close it down it , it erm the young wives ' closed down and er er it , it had actually closed down and this lady was marvellous this secretary of the Guild , who would kno known mother and she was a councillor , she come dashing down , you know you , you , th the young wives ' has closed and you know you 've got excuse . |
| 23 | You had to buy your own stuff , I bought a pair of thigh boots and they were all made with leather and he and I used to put neat's-foot oil on them and I could roll them down just like a b just like a boot . |
| 24 | I know , I went , I got some whelks once and that was in Bay , they were lovely whelks and I put 'em in a bucket and er did n't think and now I used to put some flour in with 'em . |
| 25 | I used to hate it when Nanny put rags in my hair and , whenever I had a wish , I used to wish that mine was curly like yours . ’ |
| 26 | JC : 1 remember I used to take great pleasure in performing in the Prologue . |
| 27 | ‘ I used to take this lad for walks and he was forever saying ‘ Beckus my old grey mare ’ . |
| 28 | And I used to use this flat because although I had to pay Dad a bit of rent , of course , it was quite low . |
| 29 | And it was n't Sky 's fault that I used to watch better football at Barnet for exactly the same price as the weekly rental price of a satellite dish . |
| 30 | ‘ I used to live next door to him in Ipswich , great lad , ’ he says . |