Example sentences of "he [modal v] to [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About this time he started to wonder whether he ought to be a monk . |
| 2 | ‘ He ought to be a twelve or a thirteen , he 's so good . |
| 3 | ‘ Whoever persuaded him he ought to be a teacher ? ’ |
| 4 | The stay-maker proper who cut and shaped the whalebone and canvas was a man , who needed other qualities as well as skill : " He ought to be a very polite tradesman , as he approaches the ladies so nearly . " |
| 5 | This document , which was rich in wounding phrases , was by no means unwelcome to Chamberlain , particularly as it ended with a fairly clear hint that he ought to be the new leader . |
| 6 | If and when we choose violence he ought to be the focus of our efforts . |
| 7 | He used to be a seaman . |
| 8 | He used to be a keen sportsman in his younger days and rowed for England . |
| 9 | Well , it turned out he used to be a ‘ pretty successful writer ’ , but then he found he was just getting into ‘ things that were too weird . ’ |
| 10 | He used to be a surfer and dreamed of being one again . |
| 11 | ‘ He used to be a very useful runner in his younger days , ’ Joe explained , ‘ used to run for the Gloucester Harriers so they say . |
| 12 | You can tell he used to be a Radio 1 DJ . |
| 13 | ‘ I think it 's because he used to be a sort of friend . ’ |
| 14 | He used to be a humble Hannibal Lecter . |
| 15 | He used to be a Keeper years ago , though he never worked in the Cages or with any of the birds , but now he 's just the Sweeper . |
| 16 | None of us mind him at all and he used to be a special friend of Minch 's . ’ |
| 17 | He used to be a toymaker . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ He used to be a good cop . ’ |
| 19 | He used to be a crane driver dear for , yeah he used and I 've got to , one of me sons now is a foreman for , well they 're not now it 's , it 's sort of amal amalgamated with another firm now I think , but he does , he does erm , he 's a foreman like now , he used to be a truck , crane driver and my , the very night that my hubby died on the following Monday he would of been working in Harlow , he got a new crane to take over in Harlow and he 'd been working away from home for weeks and months of the year always away , coming home weekends and I used to have to cook and do his washing and pack him up for going off again Monday morning early , but he never was near home working then , and as I say the night before he went he was , he was gon na work on the Monday to in Old , to Harlow down where the new er place was for and it unfortunately cos he went . |
| 20 | He used to be a crane driver dear for , yeah he used and I 've got to , one of me sons now is a foreman for , well they 're not now it 's , it 's sort of amal amalgamated with another firm now I think , but he does , he does erm , he 's a foreman like now , he used to be a truck , crane driver and my , the very night that my hubby died on the following Monday he would of been working in Harlow , he got a new crane to take over in Harlow and he 'd been working away from home for weeks and months of the year always away , coming home weekends and I used to have to cook and do his washing and pack him up for going off again Monday morning early , but he never was near home working then , and as I say the night before he went he was , he was gon na work on the Monday to in Old , to Harlow down where the new er place was for and it unfortunately cos he went . |
| 21 | He used to be a professional sailor before an accident meant he lost the use of his legs , but he 's still able to pursue the sport he loves . |
| 22 | THE husband of a heavily-pregnant woman found hanging in a garage told one of her friends that he used to be a backing guitarist for Eric Clapton , a court heard yesterday . |
| 23 | It is hoped that Rambert will be one of the first companies to appear at the Festival Theatre when it opens next year , by which time Christopher Bruce will have taken over as artistic director of the company with which he used to be a leading dancer and choreographer . |
| 24 | He used to be right out here Frank , he used to be a right paunch |
| 25 | he used to be a singer |
| 26 | Yeah , th he used to be he used to be a watchmaker or clock er mender , watcher whatever you call it ! |
| 27 | He used to be a a driver , a driver , and then he used to be a driving supervisor and now he 's in like , in traffic now . |
| 28 | He used to be a a driver , a driver , and then he used to be a driving supervisor and now he 's in like , in traffic now . |
| 29 | So you see he used to be a boxer years ago , in the fifties was n't it ? |
| 30 | He used to be a vicar in Bournemouth and before he got the call he was a salesman . |