Example sentences of "he [modal v] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , it ai n't surprisin' , with 'is own wife callin' 'im a sinner , and tellin' 'im 'e ought to wash more … |
| 2 | I reckon 'e should feel right at 'ome . |
| 3 | ‘ Aah thowt as 'ow 'e 'd 'ave more sense . ’ |
| 4 | " By heck , 'e can jump ower that gate as if it were n't there . |
| 5 | Farvver Murphy at the church 'as promised us some paint , an' whitewash fer the ceilin 's , an' one o' the lads knows where 'e can get all the timber we need , no questions asked o' course . |
| 6 | And so , Nicodemus would have been familiar with this story , and Jesus says as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness , even so , must the son of man be lifted up , but whoever believes in him may have eternal life . |
| 7 | It 's astonishing to me that a boy whose father and grandfather have both been soldiers before him should have such a poorly developed sense of loyalty arid duty . " |
| 8 | A failed test means no progress that round , and a test failed by 30 or more means the character has slipped right back to the bottom of the stairs — anyone beneath him must make another I test at -20 to avoid being carried back down as well . |
| 9 | Certainly her main reason for accepting the post had nothing to do with the actual work involved , but the hope that closer acquaintance with him might throw some light on Elise 's baffling death . |
| 10 | She was wailing now like a baby herself ; marriage with him would mean more of them , her body used every night , and no theatre again , ever . |
| 11 | Telling him would mean more questions and delay her departure . |
| 12 | and Jacobitism than it had been in the previous year , yet Craigbarnet 's plight was serious and a failure to help him would offend many . |
| 13 | The Constitution allowed the Governor-General no discretion over this , but Eri announced that he was reinstating Diro in his ministerial and parliamentary posts , claiming that to dismiss him would provoke immense social and political upheaval . |
| 14 | The old King was now hurrying south and with him would come those grizzled warlords who followed like mastiffs at the royal heels . |
| 15 | Members of congress are , in any event , likely to be in awe of the president ; a direct telephone call from him will carry special weight as Tip O'Neill reports : ‘ The men and women in Congress love nothing better than to hear from the head guy . |
| 16 | I suspect the left hook with which he floored Ali in their first bout and the controversy aroused when referee Harry Gibbs decided Bugner had outpointed him will remain important entries in British boxing long after the widely-publicised arguments between Eubank and Benn have faded from memory . |
| 17 | It was , however , a month or two before they gave up sending me colourful brochures with inducements to have a rose bush planted in his name or an attractively calligraphed entry in their ‘ Book of Remembrance ’ , to be opened every year on the date of his death to commemorate his passing etc , etc , none of which was cheap and I 'm sure that neither I nor anyone else who knew him will need that kind of reminder . |
| 18 | In the ornate new council chamber , Mayor Murphy was trying to convince the city council that to be a real Edwardian Mayor he ought to wear mayoral robes , as they did in England ; the newly extended hospital was bracing itself for additional accident cases ; and Hank Stych stood in the airport at Calgary waiting for a local plane to take him north to Tollemarche . |
| 19 | I said he ought to give most of it away . |
| 20 | By the time of the World Council at Amsterdam the question began to come into Ramsey 's head what he ought to do next . |
| 21 | Perhaps he ought to remember those days and get around to living up to the promise he made to the last Tory conference . |
| 22 | He ought to take more care . |
| 23 | Having acquired a wife , Leslie began to think that he ought to take some steps towards securing our future . |
| 24 | If the right hon. Gentleman does not know what circumstances are necessary for long-term prosperity and jobs , and that they are basically low inflation and a stable economy , he ought to learn that speedily . |
| 25 | Now he does n't actually make the concession I think it 's consistent of what he says , that he ought to concede that direct democracy might be better at improving the citizens , because after all the citizens have much more to do on in service of the state but his view is that direct democracy has the opposite failure to guardianship , that while it might be better at improving citizens it 's absolutely hopeless in managing the affairs of the state and his reasons for that is that we need experts with experience in order to carry out the affairs of government and although these people ought ultimately to be held responsible to the people , people should n't sit in judgment them in every one of their decisions . |
| 26 | Well , he should be ashamed of himself , he ought to have better things to think about . ’ |
| 27 | Now I ca n't account for that , because he ought to have strong ones did n't he , if he did all that stuff there ? |
| 28 | ‘ He ought to have some painkillers , ’ said Phil , ‘ and we ought to get some fluids into him . |
| 29 | Speak to my wine merchant , dear boy , he ought to have some of that left . |
| 30 | Rob Bettinson , the director , has deduced that he ought to have these images plus disc-jockeys , radio commercials , midwestern hops , but he does n't seem to know why . |