Example sentences of "[modal v] see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I ought to see a doctor . ’ |
| 2 | So it would be , but even the Prime Minister ought to see that it is the least bad course open to her . |
| 3 | ‘ You ought to see them . |
| 4 | Klaus , is n't it ? and Klara — Oh , of course — ’ corrected — ‘ Erika , Fritz , Rosa … we really ought to see you more often , ought we not ? |
| 5 | ‘ And Father thought that you ought to see this . |
| 6 | And , beyond that , we ought to see that some of the latest European music is only ‘ fascistic ’ in ways that are almost the opposite of male triumpalism . |
| 7 | ‘ But I think you ought to see a psychiatrist . |
| 8 | You ought to see it , Simon ! |
| 9 | You ought to see the acceleration ! ’ |
| 10 | Before leaving Dublin , I decided I ought to see something of County Louth . |
| 11 | The case can make no pretension to scientific detachment : it is a declaration of nationalist faith , a recommendation of how we ought to see the world , not how it is . |
| 12 | He knew that he ought to see a physician , but was unwilling to do so lest he be told that he was not , after all , cured of syphilis . |
| 13 | ‘ You ought to see how the black guys ’ heads have dropped after Norton got beat , ’ said boxer Kirk Gibbons of Birmingham . |
| 14 | The latest gramophone discs had just arrived in Colombo , and one could join Harry Champion in the chorus of his You Ought to See the Missus in a Harem Skirt . |
| 15 | I ought to see George Carman , ’ said Ken Dodd . |
| 16 | She ought to see it first . ’ |
| 17 | Maybe I ought to see a doctor about my acid content or something . |
| 18 | They thought I ought to see the doctor . |
| 19 | ‘ A doctor ought to see you first , ’ said the man . |
| 20 | I think I ought to see her again — just once , to reassure myself that all the old feelings really are as dead as I believe . |
| 21 | If his pains do n't subside within a few weeks , he really ought to see the doctor . |
| 22 | Thought you ought to see my first published letter — in its edited & unedited versions . |
| 23 | You think Newark 's bad , you ought to see some of the police stations in Nottingham . |
| 24 | " Besides , you ought to see the luxury the department lets me live in now . |
| 25 | Erm I , I 'd like to see what Peter would like to see actually , I think we ought to see the whole thing done in one fell swoop . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ There were some papers I thought you ought to see . |
| 28 | As to the visit to Merstham , I had hoped that if he were to come all that way , he ought to see something of the country , as it was then still of an unspoilt rural character and in autumn especially beautiful . |
| 29 | But when they were sitting at the oval table in the dining-room , eating Mrs Purry 's admirable steak and kidney pudding and drinking a full-bodied Burgundy , Penelope found herself next to Rupert , who talked very pleasantly about Italy , remembering that Penelope was shortly to visit Rome with the parish party , and told her of things she ought to see and restaurants where she might eat . |
| 30 | He ought to see a vet . ’ |