Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] to [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is when you ought perhaps to be encouraging some running . |
| 2 | So I think we ought to be considering the entire sum of money but we ought also to be looking for ways in which we could be maximising the total impact . |
| 3 | He felt he ought now to be thinking of writing a book — but on what ? |
| 4 | He now grinned ; then looked from Elaine to Charles and said , ‘ You know , you two used always to be sitting like this whenever you got the chance . |
| 5 | People used always to be saying that about her . |
| 6 | 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 . |