Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] to [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly — though the outcome is happier — with Craig 's votes : all of them , the original as well as the transferred , contributed to his surplus , so all of them ought to be taken into account in its transfer . |
| 2 | I felt I ought to be thinking something momentous . |
| 3 | I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there . |
| 4 | I 've told you all I know and I ought to be getting back — I 've lost two hours of work as it is . ’ |
| 5 | My husband told me I ought to be getting out more , so my friend and I began to go out once a fortnight . |
| 6 | where did I , I 'm not sure whether I ought to be getting into this but I will . |
| 7 | The Citizen 's Advice Bureau has got a pro forma which if a person goes in and says I think I ought to be getting , I think I , I do n't think I 'm getting sufficient income support or I 'm going to apply for income support . |
| 8 | I 'm young and beautiful , I ought to be kept if anybody . |
| 9 | ‘ But really , I ought to be tucked up in bed now . |
| 10 | ‘ Because I 'm here , Shelley , when I ought to be tucked up at home . |
| 11 | Look , thanks for rescuing me , but if you do n't mind I think I ought to be going . |
| 12 | I ought to be going there anyway . |
| 13 | I ought to be going there . |
| 14 | ‘ I suppose I ought to be making tracks as well , ’ said the classics don . |
| 15 | ‘ I feel I ought to be making it . ’ |
| 16 | I ought to be doing more than I am . |
| 17 | I just felt I ought to be doing something and so I stuck to it . |
| 18 | That 's what I ought to be doing . |
| 19 | a lot about it and sha n't be , frankly I 'm relieved I do n't actually know a lot but when the meeting to discuss what we 're supposed to do is on December tenth yo so I 'm a bit torn cos I in a way that 's what I ought to be doing even though the welfare business in a way that 's wh that 's what I ought to be doing cos it 's entirely . |
| 20 | a lot about it and sha n't be , frankly I 'm relieved I do n't actually know a lot but when the meeting to discuss what we 're supposed to do is on December tenth yo so I 'm a bit torn cos I in a way that 's what I ought to be doing even though the welfare business in a way that 's wh that 's what I ought to be doing cos it 's entirely . |
| 21 | I ought to be used to it , but I 'm not . |
| 22 | The way I see it — if I had saved the world from a lot of boring belly dancers I ought to be congratulated . |
| 23 | ‘ In fact , ’ her father cut in , ‘ if anything , I ought to be asking you to make sure that you do n't antagonise him . |
| 24 | I used to be flattered when I was about thirteen . |
| 25 | Well first of all I 'd go down Street and up Street West and up to the top of Street and there was some puddling furnaces , the new side iron works and I 'd watch those men they 'd produce wrought iron and during the process the metal boils up and I 'd have to get a big rubbling bar and rubble they 'd call rubble into a ball , there 's a little wagon put underneath the put under the wagon and off he goes to the steam hammer , now I used to be fascinated with this and Saturday after Saturday I used to go up there and watch one of the heats and as soon as they 'd finished doing they used to go into the Forge and Hammer for a drink , I mean it was such hard work so they 'd do a heat go up the Forge and Iron and come back and then do another heat when I 'd |
| 26 | When I ask him how he feels he is viewed by the medical profession these days , he replies , ‘ I used to be seen as someone who was totally way-out . |
| 27 | ‘ I used to be called Shorty all through school because I am so small . |
| 28 | Oh yes , I used to be known in , in , in , in my area as the kitchen man , you know , and sort of , people used to talk in the pubs and they 'd say , oh well you know , my missus wants a new kitchen . |
| 29 | He said never been and I used to be going like this to you . |
| 30 | The fact I used to be married to Ursula is completely irrelevant . ’ |