Example sentences of "[adv] we [modal v] to [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the latter are regarded as territory to be defended , as rallying cries for confrontation with others , perhaps we ought to be asking whether they need to be so territorial ? |
| 2 | and er actually that is something perhaps we ought to be talking about . |
| 3 | So we ought to be cheering as the big round numbers go by , leaving us healthy and whole . |
| 4 | also we ought to be treating it , are you not actually having any active treatment at the moment are you ? |
| 5 | But now , I think , there are signs that er things are beginning to pick up , certainly we 're being told things are beginning to pick up and I think probably as an office generally , we 're experiencing that upturn , although er every time we get some special job in , suddenly we think we are at the end of a recession and perhaps , you know , it 's the next job that really we ought to be looking to . |
| 6 | And really we ought to be concentrating far more upon the other other changes which are proposed other than the Trusts and the things that in fact are fo far worse in my my own opinion . |
| 7 | And then we used to be playing top , we 'd a top right round the village , see how far we could go . |
| 8 | then it went a bit further and stop , and then we used to be walking up the , but that were it , half a crown |
| 9 | I think that we have a very butch attitude , I think the government has a very butch attitude quite honestly , er to , you know , you 've got to er stand up there and help yourself , and I suppose I 'm all for that , but you 've got to have something to help yourself with , and I think that 's where we ought to be aiming and I 'm very glad that the world 's leaders are heading straight in that direction . . |
| 10 | I think it 's where we ought to be going . |
| 11 | Regardless of whether it is a tithe or an offering over and above , it is good to analyse the sorts of places where we ought to be giving God 's money . |