Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While non-evangelicals and atheists might agree that there have been historically specific benefits from Protestantism , and that we ought to preserve such benefits , the evangelical adds a more direct link with the belief that God will punish us if we deviate further from his commands . |
| 2 | Here we ought to stress that evolution is not spurred simplistically on by ‘ random mutation ’ , as the Oxford zoologist Richard Dawkins points out in his book The Blind Watchmaker . |
| 3 | We ought to leave this place at once . |
| 4 | ‘ We ought to go straight back by the paths . |
| 5 | I do n't know if there 's anything on tomorrow Maybe we ought to go this evening if she 's there to work . |
| 6 | Er , if people have any questions on individual presentations then I think we ought to take those questions while the group is up here . |
| 7 | But before we jump to the conclusion that Pound had simply had a brainstorm , or had been trapped by misplaced compassion for Dunning as a lame duck , we ought to consider another possibility — that imagism , and Pound 's endorsement of Ford 's insistence on ‘ the prose tradition ’ , had never been for him more than an aberration , though in the short term a very profitable one , from a way of feeling that impelled him always toward the cantabile , a proclivity that would , in the interests of melody , tolerate notably eccentric diction . |
| 8 | ‘ Then perhaps we ought to recruit young ladies into the police force , ’ Morton said , straight-faced . |
| 9 | So I think these are two very , very valid reasons why we ought to ban all forms of tobacco advertising . |
| 10 | I think we ought to remove that list . |
| 11 | I think we ought to get some kip . |
| 12 | ‘ He ought to have some painkillers , ’ said Phil , ‘ and we ought to get some fluids into him . |
| 13 | Oh , hang on David I think we ought to have that jumper off you . |
| 14 | The police er do n't refer a lot of things to us , I know it 's difficult but er I feel that we ought to have more occasions er where er we are made aware of things that happen and then we can help er in various ways by referrals to those agencies and of course , financially . |
| 15 | We had to put a bloke in hospital there ; and so the owd skipper say to me : ‘ Boy , ’ he says , ‘ we ought to have another hand . |
| 16 | That 's why I think we ought to have another quote for the roof actually . |
| 17 | Perhaps we ought to have some lunch ? ’ |
| 18 | I did make the point that Mr Maxwell 's company wants co-operation on the eastern edge of the City , vis-á-vis their football stadium , and we ought to have some co-operation on the western edge of the City where all these houses are boarded up and empty , bought at double the market value , and I made that point publicly . |
| 19 | I do n't want to rush you but I 've booked at the bistro down the road for nine o'clock so we ought to have this drink and go . ’ |
| 20 | Before we plunge into that debate we ought to recognize that recruitment to elite positions in the public and private sectors is said to be highly meritocratic . |
| 21 | I think we ought to make some understanding of the sort of pressures that the man was under at the time when all this happened , and it happened very quickly . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We used to say good morning to each other and he always smiled at me , ’ he recalls . |
| 23 | At the same time they had on Mondays and Tuesday we used to sell weekly tickets , so they had to go out in another box on Mondays and Tuesdays . |
| 24 | ‘ We used to visit Jewish people , ’ she said . |
| 25 | W. S. When we were on nights , we used to give two hours free , seven to nine , with collecting boxes . |
| 26 | We used to use all sorts of things . |
| 27 | R : in those days + when we were young + there was no local fire engine here + it was just a two-wheeled trolley which was kept in the borough + in the borough eh store down on James Street + and whenever a fire broke out + it was just a question of whoever saw the fire first yelling ‘ Fire ’ + and the nearest people ran for the trolley and how they got on with it goodness knows + nobody was trained in its use + anyway everybody knew to go for the trolley + well + when we were children + we used to use this taw [ t– : ] + it smouldered furiously + black thick smoke came from it and we used to get it burning + and then go to a letter box and just keep blowing + open the letter box + and just keep blowing the smoke in + you see + till you 'd fill up the lower part of the house with nothing but smoke + there was no fire + but just fill it up with smoke + just to put the breeze up + just as a joke + and then of course + when somebody would open a window or a door the smoke would come pouring out + and then + everybody was away then for the trolley + we just stood and watched all of them + + |
| 28 | If the fragment of discourse one wished to study was only the part of ( 5 ) beginning , when we were children we used to use this taw , then accounting for the speaker 's mention of the trolley near the end of this fragment would have to be done in terms of the preceding discourse ( i.e. all the first section before the taw is mentioned ) in which the trolley is introduced and characterised . |
| 29 | We used to kill three bullocks a week and about nine sheep , |
| 30 | Up to last year we used to collect used postage stamps and then when our dear friend Father Burbage left for Zambia we had to abandon it because we had no idea where they were sent to . |