Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] to [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Syria has a very significant role now to play and we ought not to be seeking ways of annoying them . |
| 4 | ‘ I — I ought not to be telling you this , but Lady Lavinia told me she would … leave me something . ’ |
| 5 | They ought not to be doing , literally . |
| 6 | She ought not to be going , but she could not help herself . |
| 7 | So bleak are the prospects that I heard one media journalist muttering that the ITC ought not to be advertising the franchise at all . |
| 8 | ‘ He ought not to be standing about in that cold church porch ! ’ muttered Meredith as they strode towards him . |
| 9 | But I 'm sorry , David , I ought n't to be bothering you with all this at such a time . |