Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a personal creditor of the heir has been sent into possession in order to protect his property , and has obtained an object left under trust to me , it is agreed that I ought not to be prejudiced by him in any way ; no more than if he had received that object as a pledge from the heir himself . |
| 2 | ‘ I — I ought not to be telling you this , but Lady Lavinia told me she would … leave me something . ’ |
| 3 | She paused then added more seriously , ‘ Actually I ought not to be so excited . |
| 4 | But I 'm sorry , David , I ought n't to be bothering you with all this at such a time . |
| 5 | I ought therefore to be grateful for being disorientated by the unfamiliar and the chance to focus the innocent eye . |
| 6 | with a gas I should n't of been very pleased either would you Geoff ? |
| 7 | Cor I should n't of been there I think I should of been the next one along |
| 8 | cos er I mean , I mean , I says I did n't want but I , I would n't of been back but I would of been getting off that bus now |
| 9 | So I , I would n't to be drawn on that Royal Doulton was late into this cycle and it 's a little later than the publishing companies coming out . |
| 10 | I ca n't to be honest , no . |
| 11 | I said , well I ca n't to be honest with you , I said I 've got ta pay back what I bloody |
| 12 | She ought not to be left , and if her breathing gets worse , prop her up . |
| 13 | Judgment was given for the defendant ; the jury had found that she was not negligent and the court held that she ought not to be liable for an extraordinary act of nature which she could not reasonably anticipate . |
| 14 | She ought not to be going , but she could not help herself . |
| 15 | She ought n't to be as far down river as this . |
| 16 | These sorts of courses are needed by anyone who keeps animals , and you ought not to be allowed to keep animals unless you have attended such a course . |
| 17 | ‘ Mr Wormwood , ’ she said , ‘ if you think some rotten TV programme is more important than your daughter 's future , then you ought not to be a parent ! |
| 18 | A man like you ought not to be in possession of any Russian works of art ’ . |
| 19 | I think we have got a bit more confident as the Project has gone on and said to them : well really , you ought not to be buying this . |
| 20 | He said well really for some reason you ought not to be a nurse . |
| 21 | That is when you ought perhaps to be encouraging some running . |
| 22 | Add to that the landing fees ( if you train at an aerodrome that levies these ) and the usual books , maps and equipment , and you ought realistically to be able to come home with your PPL having cost about $6,600 . |
| 23 | she asked for , she should n't of been walking along the street at twelve o'clock and when we have those attitudes at the top of our legal and judicial system its no wonder women blame themselves and indeed maybe blamed . |
| 24 | She 's not looking , she could n't of been looking ! |
| 25 | ‘ She used not to be your friend . |
| 26 | She used not to be so censorious of others ' behaviour but her own betrayal had , she thought , seared her more than she understood . |
| 27 | And if we are not looking for something which is as restrictive as greenbelt we ought neither to be expressing in whatever terms a presumption or describing something which is permissible as an exception . |
| 28 | Earlier we find little trace of it generally , and so we ought not to be surprised to find it missing from the ordinary Person 's consciousness of time in those days . |
| 29 | Er , Switzerland is one country that has banned the use of animals for research , and I think we ought to be going along these lines that , if animals have rights we ought not to be using them for experimentation . |
| 30 | In 1781 , he wrote : " We ought not to be affected by causes which seldom act , and whose action is always sudden and violent . |