Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Molly , Edith ( Harlow ) and I were talking about the Medauring in Germany started by Sofie Trappe , and I said we ought to form a group in England — Molly 's reaction was ‘ that 's fine Andy so long as I have nothing to do with the organisation ’ … so that year we formed the Studio Club . |
| 2 | So I think we ought to see a little bit more of these doctors and a little more of these pharmacists also backing the National Health Service up er which they should . |
| 3 | Er er it seems that the Council have known about this for six months er and it 's only within the last week or two er that information has got out so it seems to me that that 's something that er that we ought to take an interest in . |
| 4 | ‘ With so many of us we ought to set a rota for cooking . |
| 5 | And do n't forget erm perhaps we ought to say a word on the er on the conservative 's side here . |
| 6 | Now while we 're on this point about what exactly am I entitled to , erm we ought to say a word about credit notes cos there are a lot of shops who say well erm you know it is it is n't company policy to , it is n't our policy to offer refunds , but we 're quite happy to offer you a credit note . |
| 7 | Er as far as out-sourcing is concerned , when we learned that there could be two thousand jobs lost or out-sourced from British Aerospace , it was my opinion in line with those of our representatives that we ought to convene a meeting immediately of all shop stewards and representatives who would be covered er through those discussions and arrange and organize a strategy to oppose it . |
| 8 | ‘ I think we ought to circulate a bit , do n't you ? ’ |
| 9 | We ought to devise a scheme and an area |
| 10 | ‘ Sister , do n't you think we ought to do an EEG ? |
| 11 | I think we ought to put a bit of sellotape over that one . |
| 12 | It 's coming out of our taxes , that 's where , and we ought to put a stop to it . |
| 13 | I do n't know if we ought to put a timetable on that , on what 's going on , on this erm , eco-management erm , business , but also , I was wondering , could we not ask for a report to the March or April meeting of this committee , on what actions we could take to make progress on the recommendations of the district auditor in paragraph forty-four . |
| 14 | " Yes , we will , but we ought to get a present for Ma first . |
| 15 | The notion of justice which I find most convincing is that which tells us that we ought to seek a society in which each person is accepted as of equal moral worth and has equal opportunity to enjoy an equal share of the total sum of society 's goods . |
| 16 | Perhaps we ought to have a service at the Minster , or er something to you know , er remember the service of many given to the parish council over a hundred years , and er and it 's something simple , and I think it would be quite nice to er to do something like that . |
| 17 | Do you think we ought to make our mission more erm , we ought to have a mission the parish council |
| 18 | So what we ought to have a deadline for collect collecting the information . |
| 19 | we ought to have a phone in James . |
| 20 | So I think we ought to have a chat about the sort of things he 's putting you on , and then what side effects or anything you might get from those , but |
| 21 | I said that we ought to er somebody asked me er from one of the national papers which ought to be put in place there and I did suggest that we ought to have a statue like just been mentioned to somebody from Beeston they 've got a nice man on a bench there . |
| 22 | ‘ We wanted a certain type and Betty White , our casting director , said there was this young man in revue we ought to have a look at . ’ |
| 23 | We ought to have a statement from the Government so that my constituents and those of my friend and colleague the Hon. Member for Middlesbrough can have their minds put at rest . |
| 24 | I think we ought to have a calendar . |
| 25 | We ought to have a meeting . ’ |
| 26 | That 's right , he 'll go on the Gideons club , we ought to have a bible meeting |
| 27 | Erm I think we ought to make a pact not to blame each other if we copy the answers on th kind of thing |
| 28 | We ought to find a place where we can see what 's happening . ’ |
| 29 | yes , any colour you can think of , I mean erm , blue I think is one of the worse , but thinking of lampshades we used to sell a lot of er lampshades for putting on table lamps er and erm , we 'd have just about every colour and somebody would come along and say well erm have n't you got one in purple and of course I 'd refrain from saying thank god no I have n't |
| 30 | but , we , oh we used to sell a lot of floor standard |