Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] to be [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I used to be called Shorty all through school because I am so small . |
| 2 | She ought to be called Lucky , Lucky Something , a double-barrelled name like a smart horse , not just ordinary Lucky like an old mongrel . |
| 3 | By rights , she knew she ought to be feeling extra anticipation now . |
| 4 | I think she ought to be left alone . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We ought to be subsidising public transport , Lewis ! ’ |
| 6 | So we need to be looking forward , but we ought to be looking short-term , so the best way to look at objectives , is to look it in the short-term , which is in fact , year one if you like , medium term , years two and three , and long-term , years four and five . |
| 7 | They used to be called blue-green algae because they appeared to be close relatives of the green algae that are common in ponds , but now that their very primitive character is recognised , they are referred to as cyanophytes or simply , blue-greens . |
| 8 | THEY used to be considered dirty , slow , noisy and uncomfortable . |
| 9 | He ought to be wearing black . |
| 10 | Instead of Bible teaching , he ought to be translating fine words into deeds . |
| 11 | If a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence is to be given the opportunity to make representation to the Secretary of State concerning the length of his tariff , as in my judgment he should be , then , for those representations to be effective , he ought to be made aware beforehand of the nature of the judge 's advice . |
| 12 | I think it ought to be made clear that the the voices that you can hear , or will be hearing in the next half an hour or so will be that of the television . |
| 13 | It used to be considered obvious that time flowed on forever , regardless of what was happening ; but the theory of relativity combined time with space and said that both could be warped , or distorted , by the matter and energy in the universe . |