Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] to be [vb pp] " 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 'm young and beautiful , I ought to be kept if anybody . |
| 3 | ‘ But really , I ought to be tucked up in bed now . |
| 4 | ‘ Because I 'm here , Shelley , when I ought to be tucked up at home . |
| 5 | I ought to be used to it , but I 'm not . |
| 6 | The way I see it — if I had saved the world from a lot of boring belly dancers I ought to be congratulated . |
| 7 | I used to be flattered when I was about thirteen . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ I used to be called Shorty all through school because I am so small . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The fact I used to be married to Ursula is completely irrelevant . ’ |
| 13 | And my little boy was he was only about three at the time and I used to be used to angry at him and my neighbour used to come in and take him . |
| 14 | One time that used to be further in the dock and I used to be let the erm , the manager know , the pool manager , cos at one time before the war , dockers were erm casual and when the war started , then they thought theirself , right we 're gon na make er dockers more or less permanent , so they all come under the Ipswich Dock Commission then . |
| 15 | C. I used to be told I was good at English . |
| 16 | I 'll do all I can To be freed of the |
| 17 | He 's writing about the people , including herself , who thought she ought to be punished because of her beauty and wickedness . |
| 18 | Admission for assessment for twenty-eight days ( section 2 ) is possible where a person is suffering from mental disorder and it is considered that he or she ought to be detained in the interests of his or her own health or safety or with a view to the protection of other persons . |
| 19 | Sometimes she was so funny that it seemed she ought to be given a show of her own . |
| 20 | She ought to be called Lucky , Lucky Something , a double-barrelled name like a smart horse , not just ordinary Lucky like an old mongrel . |
| 21 | Erm the other parts that I made a note of , you did n't ac well you Steve said the wife will be back in an hour and a half erm you did n't pick up Bill any , anything on that at that stage as to whether she ought to be involved although when he started talking or when he could n't remember the , the names of the or dates of birth of the children , he remembered the names , the dates of birth of the children , you mentioned the fact then that the wife would be back in a in an hour |
| 22 | If you asked him she ought to be put away for she was plainly off her trolley . |
| 23 | They 'd say she ought to be put away . |
| 24 | Well Yes I suppose that the thing is if she 's having to work extra hours , she ought to be paid for them . |
| 25 | I think she ought to be left alone . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You 'd think she ought to be allowed to get on with it . ’ |
| 27 | You ought to be stood up against a wall , you ought . |
| 28 | ‘ within the hearing or sight of a person ’ This can be proved by observing the reactions of passers-by or persons to whom the insults etc. were directed , e.g. ‘ I saw two old ladies hurry past looking disgusted and saying , ‘ You ought to be locked up ’ ' . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , you cheeky cuss , ’ she said , ‘ I might be poor and 'omeless , but I 'm respectable , I am , and I ai n't goin' to listen to you talkin' about my bottom , you ought to be locked up for even mentioning it . ’ |
| 30 | You ought to be locked up , like Casanova . |