Example sentences of "she [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I think she ought to do exactly as she wishes , Mama . |
| 32 | I am afraid she gives way to her feelings more than she ought to do . ’ |
| 33 | The sensible part , however , knew that seeing him would only be painful and that if she was to get over this miserable crush she ought to do everything possible to stay away from the man . |
| 34 | Have you ever known her try and get out of anything she ought to do ? |
| 35 | Her brain raced over and over what her mother would say , how awful she would feel , what she ought to do , until she felt that the movement in her head would spin her off the bed and send her whirling round the room . |
| 36 | Who was he , after all , to tell her what she ought to do ? |
| 37 | Perhaps , in spite of the fact that she did need the money , what she ought to do was just catch the first plane back home . |
| 38 | But knowing what she ought to do was one thing — putting it into action seemed to be quite another . |
| 39 | What she ought to do is , I know what I 'd do is leave Anthony and Maria and they can put them down and go and see |
| 40 | Both her mother and Lisa had been cross with her ; they both had felt she ought to settle down . |
| 41 | Therese , under the fixed smile and the determination , was beginning to wonder if she ought to withdraw now , before they got too far into rehearsals . |
| 42 | She ought to refuse , and of course if she really had a boyfriend in the background , as Fen supposed , she would refuse . |
| 43 | She 's got all these photos she took with that new camera — all jumbled up in an envelope — and she was saying she ought to put them into something . |
| 44 | She ought to put it down . |
| 45 | She ought to put it down , anywhere , and take up a weapon . |
| 46 | No wonder she feels she ought to hold onto it , especially since she 's also uncertain whether the bike remains hers while someone borrows it . |
| 47 | She had come to the conclusion that if giving up Brentwoods and moving to the country was what Brian wanted , then perhaps she ought to go along with it , stop being selfish . |
| 48 | So do n't go telling her she ought to go back to that dump in the sky . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ So she ought to go out and visit a friend . |
| 50 | Julia put the desolation that suddenly thrust itself into her mind down to her cold and said that she thought she ought to go bed . |
| 51 | I wrote back and said no way did I think that she ought to go into the unit . |
| 52 | But Rain felt she ought to go , too . |
| 53 | I do n't believe she ought to go on , Joe . |
| 54 | Perhaps she ought to go away , and make a new start somewhere else . |
| 55 | we 'll take , we will take that she ought to go |
| 56 | Well I do n't know , but she , I said , cos she 's telling me about her coming , only three days up the hospital then she 's got ta go back to her own place because Ian said she 'd never managed , she keeps falling and she said this woman never went to see her once when she was in hospital , yet she 's getting paid it look all the time , and she ought to go to see if there 's anything she wants you see |
| 57 | Perhaps she ought to take a break . |
| 58 | Eyeing Gwen Bear , she wondered if she ought to take her down for company , then gave an enchanting little giggle . |
| 59 | But if she feels like she wants extra time I think she ought to allow herself extra time |
| 60 | She supposed that she ought to spend more time at the place , but was always thankful when she was once again on the road back to London . |