Example sentences of "[verb] she [modal v] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sharon 's mother says she used to be against the death sentence , but not now . |
| 2 | Sometimes she was so funny that it seemed she ought to be given a show of her own . |
| 3 | ‘ You 'd think she ought to be allowed to get on with it . ’ |
| 4 | No , I do n't think she will to be honest with you . |
| 5 | Yeah , yeah , but every case is different , you do n't , I mean she might of been in some car accident or something like that you see , might n't she ? |
| 6 | I know she used to be like that with me |
| 7 | You know she used to be so petite , but god them damn legs on her ! |
| 8 | I believe she used to be so reluctant about marrying people because marriage is important to her , she 's only been waiting for the right one . ’ |
| 9 | I suspect Mrs feels she ought to be signing them not the |
| 10 | But they had made a pleasant enough scene , one with which she felt she ought to be able to identify . |
| 11 | She knew she ought to be furious that her mother had apparently not noticed that she did not bleed , that she did not eat , but until recently she had always been grateful . |
| 12 | By rights , she knew she ought to be feeling extra anticipation now . |
| 13 | He 's writing about the people , including herself , who thought she ought to be punished because of her beauty and wickedness . |
| 14 | All she had to do was be more herself and less what she thought she ought to be . |
| 15 | She thought she ought to be able to master it sufficiently to make it write a poem for her , but it did n't work like that . |
| 16 | I think she ought to be left alone . ’ |
| 17 | In fact , that 's probably what makes her so desirable , the fact that she 's young enough to be moulded into whatever you think she ought to be — ’ |
| 18 | I think she would of been better as a teacher , because as Joan says she is er very taken up with looking after children |
| 19 | Rhoda was forty-eight , blonde , buxom and so cheerful Ken said she ought to be a barmaid . |
| 20 | She supposed she ought to be thankful that she and Holly had spent several contented years together before things had become prickly . |
| 21 | She supposed she ought to be pleased at this fresh evidence of Luke 's sensitivity . |
| 22 | They 'd say she ought to be put away . |