Example sentences of "[modal v] [prep] be [adj] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pauline used to be keen on that sort of thing , but she 's gone off it since we gave up Italy as a holiday venue . |
| 2 | That is not being disingenuous : that is asking for the kind of conduct that used to be normal on both sides of the House . |
| 3 | Anyway ; I used to be petrified of these dragons , even though I knew they probably did n't exist ; I mean I knew there was no Santa Claus , and no fairies and elves , but still thought ghosts and dragons were a possibility , and it only took one to kill you … |
| 4 | My Lords , I , I do realise and I have to be satisfied with that erm and I shall do my best , but if I could just make my absolutely clear , simple proposition that I was seeking to perform is that if you are seeking to amend the law i i it ought to be possible for those who are seeking to understand the Government 's intentions to find out relatively easily what the law is and I suggest it 's very far from easy and even if you get to it , it 's not at all easy to understand . |
| 5 | We were just saying you ought to be good at that . |
| 6 | I ought to be married with half a dozen kids of my own . |
| 7 | She supposed she ought to be pleased at this fresh evidence of Luke 's sensitivity . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course the transcriber — this Yank — wanted it to be all very hush-hush and MI5 , but I rang Mrs Machin myself , and checked up , and she said with all this new interest she thought the material ought to be available to any scholar who wanted to look at it . |
| 9 | I affirm it to have been a fine active stock of books which ought to be available in any good library service … |
| 10 | She ought to be grateful for this lesson in investigative technique , Loretta thought as Tracey rang off . |
| 11 | If they ca n't get sufficient profit out of supplying gas in the U K I think British Gas is on the verge of withdrawing from the gas market in the U K , and that a lot of jobs in this country and I think we ought to be aware of that and I think we ought to be campaigning to make sure that does n't happen . |
| 12 | We put it in the grammatically imperative mood in order to show up starkly its difference from factual statements , but also to leave room to interpret it according to circumstances as the strong ‘ One ought to be aware of this ’ , or as ‘ It is a good thing to be aware of this ’ , or in diminishing degrees , as the prospect of something coming within one 's range of choice becomes remote , ‘ Other things being equal , it is better to be aware of it than not ’ . |
| 13 | Erm I think I ought to be brief on this . |
| 14 | The other group of people who you might have thought , ought to have taken them up and been interested in them , was the wider field of social science , er , writers after all , social scientists , ought to be interested in these , in these books because they 're about social science . |
| 15 | And it 's my opinion we both ought to be glad for that . ’ |