Example sentences of "we [modal v] to have [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because when you do that then that encourages you to , oh yes , well we can , you know , that went quite well but we ought to have done that and that and then you immediately , you , you 're eager to do other things and people get used to splitting up and tackling things in a focused way . |
| 2 | I do n't know how you do sludge and that there and it 's it 's everything it 's a con you know we ought to have kept some and shown you because it is it is I 've never seen anything like it myself . |
| 3 | We ought to have bought some knitting wool . |
| 4 | We ought to have bought some knitting wool . |
| 5 | We had to make and we used to have to take this milk , I used to take it about five o'clock in the morning . |
| 6 | So when Scotland Yard sent us photographs of criminals that we were dealing with , we used to have to take this descriptive form and photograph to Walters the photographers in Plane , and he charged sixpence to copy the photograph . |
| 7 | Now policemen , we used to have to give these blessed people these tickets , and we used to have a book , and they just merely gave name , age , occupation , which was nearly always labourer , where , and they had to tell us where they came from and where they intended going to , and more often that was from Stowmarket to , or the other way round . |
| 8 | And as they came along we used to have to hang these checks on the number you see ? |
| 9 | But we used to have these , these bins at the end of each road and we used to have to put any scrap or unwanted food in . |
| 10 | . And we used to have er we used to have some donkeys , and we used to have to get those ticked . |