Example sentences of "we [modal v] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Rufus Stone suggested that we ought to go round with photographs , until we find her parents . |
| 2 | then I do n't think that we ought to go along with , for instance , just using a term like , spelling |
| 3 | This is a whole of a mish-mash , I think we ought to go back to what we did in nineteen ninety two , its the twenty ninth of January and to confer the rights of tenants and other occupiers of land to allow or stop fox hunting or any other hunting over land in their care and least trust some people instead of this business of we know best . |
| 4 | So I think we ought to go back to what David Waldon said earlier on , which was about the thirty nine million pound increase in the budget since nineteen eighty five . |
| 5 | We ought to go down on our knees to him . |
| 6 | The injunctions set the standards that we ought to live up to , and their effect is to make people 's self-esteem contingent on living up to them . |
| 7 | One thing we did discuss at committee but I think it ought to be put to the A G M we discussed the increase in the cost of er , admission erm we held our prices down for at least a couple of years we had a heavy outlay on cushions I do feel that erm we ought to put in to the meeting what we discussed at committee that be raised from two fifty and one twenty five to three pounds and two pounds for the concessions including students and erm the youngsters . |
| 8 | Maybe at this point we ought to get on to some … |
| 9 | ‘ I think we ought to get out of here , ’ she said . |
| 10 | So if we would like further consultation apparently it was noted in view of the test carry out what we could do erm in fact the questionnaires have the response , I do share some of Mr 's er er worries that erm I think we ought to get out of the way and say to number one that this er . |
| 11 | We used to slide down on a tray , though we were in trouble if he caught us , mind ! |
| 12 | We used to drive around to the end of runways . |
| 13 | I know , we used to drive round in them half the time ! |
| 14 | And if anybody was sick , in those days , and they were nearly dying , we used to sit up with them , night after night . |
| 15 | In the grant-aided sector we used to sit around in our meetings thinking of ways we could open things out and get away from things being dominated by White middle-class people . |
| 16 | But coming here has made me realize how much time has passed since , as a small boy , we used to set off for dinners and functions . |
| 17 | Well we never heard the name shop steward in those days I do n't think they went that far , there was somebody in charge sort of thing but erm they er got the na the name afterwards I think you know shop steward , but er and then they used to be Miss used to have the garden fetes the garden parties on her lawn , that was for the Liberal Party you see as soon Labour was mentioned there were only Tories and Liberals at that time and er we used to , when there was an election er we used to wait up for the results and then if the Liberals got in Squires ' big bell would be rung if it was twelve o'clock at night or one o'clock in the morning the Squires ' big bell would be rung you see , to say who 'd got in , if the Tories got in it was n't rung because it was a , Squires were Liberals , strong Liberals and er they used to attend the Liberal Club at Shortheath but erm there used to be some fun in those er what 's the name parade if the Liberals got in and dances you know to raise money for the various things , and the garden fetes used to be lovely but er on their lawn . |
| 18 | what I 'm saying to you now is , I was saying to Arthur , the , the petrol money that we used to put in for petrol , it cost us five pound a week in the winter , but in the summer it cost us eight pound a week sometimes ten |
| 19 | George Underwood : ‘ I remember how we used to hang around on Saturday listening to records . |
| 20 | and we used to hang out of there on , on a long , long string all these bells and jangle them on Christmas Eve oh yeah , yeah |
| 21 | Me and an aunt , just outside Norwich we used to go up for Sunday dinner it was very nice along the river there , and a , I thought the very nice part of cathedral , there 's a cathedral lies very low it had some very nice erm , mm , what you call it , close , is it ? |
| 22 | And her sister , too ; we used to go round to theirs for parties . |
| 23 | We used to go along to various churches in the area playing music . |
| 24 | We used to go out on these walks in the country near the school , and we were accused of going with two lorry drivers behind a bush to have sex with them in exchange for a watch . |
| 25 | Then Elaine said , ‘ Do you remember we used to go out with Mama and buy Father 's cigars , and then go out with Father — he would take us into Newcastle and we would get Mama 's perfume . |
| 26 | We used to have a lunch break at around about half past ten I think ti was , we used to go out for a quarter of an hour into the school yard to play and have your lunch . |
| 27 | Another time was about October , I do n't know what he was doing with them , but in October , middle of October , we used to go out to the beach and shoot erm Oh what do you call them now ? |
| 28 | I eh , we used to go out to the West Mersea a lot , during the summer , you know , when it , when I was at Colchester doing , mm , swimming , nice swimming and eh , . |
| 29 | When we used to go out in the street , I would be on one side of the matron holding her arm , my sister on the other side doing the same . |
| 30 | ‘ We used to go down to the park on Sunday afternoons , taking the children down when they were very young . |