Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] and [vb infin] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And anyway , I ought to go and find my parents . |
| 2 | Do n't you think we ought to try and understand our surroundings before we try to change them ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I shall be angry too if you do n't come , ’ Helen said sharply , then added more gently , ‘ I understand how you feel about him , but you ought to try and overcome your dislike . |
| 4 | The physiotherapist , dietitian or hospital chaplain should explain and discuss their contributions to the total care of the patient . |
| 5 | He was one of those people who are instantly popular , and I felt sure he must know and relish his power over others , the power that only exceptional physical beauty can give , especially when it is allied with intelligence and strong animal magnetism . |
| 6 | You must know and anticipate your climate and be ever ready to take advantage of any spell of good weather . |
| 7 | He was a man for whom Catholicity was reduced to its Evangelical essentials — the love of God , a burning desire that people should know and love his Saviour , and a great belief in the power of prayer . |
| 8 | Secondly , he suggests , an a priori argument may also be advanced : ‘ What makes a society of any sort is a community of ideas , not only political ideas , but ideas about the way its members should behave and govern their lives ; these latter ideas are its morals . ’ |
| 9 | ( i ) Expose whole embryos ( with or without their zonae ) , ICMs or other clusters of cells , to 0.9% sodium citrate for periods ranging from 1 to 10 min during which time the cells should swell and loosen their contacts . |
| 10 | In deciding a strategy for the single market , UK businesses must plan and structure their policies to minimise their exposure and maximise the benefits they can draw from EC competition rules . |
| 11 | Exhibitions should interpret and promote our scientific activities , with an annual major theme . |
| 12 | Instead , we must develop and improve our railways ( currently receiving the lowest subsidy of any nationwide rail system in Europe ) and obviously , for commuters travelling shorter distances , the use of bicycles should be encouraged with safe cyclist-only lanes . |
| 13 | But if I wish to enjoy myself dabbling in cooking or in playing the stock exchange then I should try and form my own judgment . |
| 14 | Second , you should try and incorporate your questions into the interview as it goes along and not leave them all to the end . |
| 15 | You should try and keep your balance by moving the knees and hips towards or away from the sail , keeping the shoulders still . |
| 16 | This is probably the most difficult material to handle because the many characters and nationalities involved in the various available libretti must express themselves as distinctively as they do in real life and the choreographer must try and ensure his design has some semblance of reality if it is to communicate meaning . |
| 17 | An acrimonious argument and clash of personalities flared up between the BMC and MLTB , which ended up in a London arbitration court that suggested a formula for reconciliation , Lord Hunt reported on the way forward : a key element being that the BMC should retain and foster its influence and activity in the training sphere . |
| 18 | I should go and do my stuff . |
| 19 | Once he said to me , ‘ You should go and see my adoptive son in Zvenigorod . |
| 20 | Drawing upon the historical legacy of an independent yeomanry the farmer will then reply that no one is going to tell him how to run his farm or meddle in his affairs and that environmentalist ‘ busybodies ’ should go and mind their own business . |
| 21 | ‘ I do not doubt your innocence but you must go and clear your name . ’ |
| 22 | She started to go , and then turned back , saying cheerily , " Just think how nice it will be when it 's all finished with , " and then she actually added , " Well , I must go and feed my puss-puss now , or she 'll be ever so cross . " |
| 23 | ‘ Forgive me , I must go and powder my nose . |
| 24 | ‘ I must go and do my duty as a host for what 's left of the night . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I must go and wish her luck . ’ |
| 26 | With suppressed excitement and relief at the possibility of preoccupation , he told the Foreign Secretary that the crisis of the monarchy was upon them , that he ( Eden ) must go and read his own overseas correspondence on the subject ( which he had not apparently hitherto done ) , and that he must not trouble him ( Baldwin ) too much with foreign affairs just now . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , ’ said Henry as they reached the tiny office where he kept a telephone , ‘ I must go and teach my next pupil . |
| 28 | We must go and spend your book token so we can write to Gwyneth and thank her . |
| 29 | ‘ I must go and say my evening prayers . ’ |
| 30 | He knew he would have to go in search of extra newspaper before the pains came again , but first he must rest and regain his strength after his exertions in the bathroom . |