Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] to " 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 | Everyone ought to be up in arms about it . ’ |
| 3 | Let's move on if I may to Dr. Nora Worcester calling from Cambridge . |
| 4 | The way I see it — if I had saved the world from a lot of boring belly dancers I ought to be congratulated . |
| 5 | I found myself thinking affectionately that I ought to be straightforward with him ; the English liked that . |
| 6 | Accordingly I ought to be able to say that at this stage his comments seem to me beside the point , or more exactly in excess of it . |
| 7 | I feel I ought to be nice to them wherever possible . |
| 8 | ‘ But really , I ought to be tucked up in bed now . |
| 9 | I am doing this because I think I ought to and am in the position to do so . ’ |
| 10 | I ought to be home in three days and I 've made a deal with Henry . |
| 11 | It was so funny — as I walked along , rather disconsolate in the rain , at midday , I suddenly recollected it was Mayday , & knowing I ought to be bright & rejoicing I forthwith was so , at least for a time . |
| 12 | I am not what I ought to be , |
| 13 | I 'm young and beautiful , I ought to be kept if anybody . |
| 14 | They seem to think I ought to . |
| 15 | I ought to be pleased . |
| 16 | I ought to be used to it , but I 'm not . |
| 17 | Perhaps I ought to formally reopen the inquest ; compel the police to reveal publicly how little they have achieved . ’ |
| 18 | You know , I ought to be able to order one of you to do this shadow nonsense . ’ |
| 19 | She could not offer advice as a grandmother , despite her long experience of children ; and now her own children had ceased to confide in her ‘ because they felt that the time had come when I ought to be ‘ spared ’ every possible worry . |
| 20 | I told her I was scared to go home but I thought I ought to , and of course she said , ‘ You 'd be best to come here , then , and when you feel like it , we can phone your parents and tell them whatever you want them to know . |
| 21 | What did you say I ought to be ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Well , at my age , I ought to be . ’ |
| 23 | And as I become … and as I remain … more relaxed … and less tense each day … so I will develop much more confidence in myself … more confidence in my ability to do … not only what I have to do each day … more confidence in my ability to do whatever I ought to be able to do … without fear of failure … without fear of consequences … without unnecessary anxiety … without uneasiness . |
| 24 | That 's in fact what I feel I ought to , since nothing of mine could ad to the fire and force and beauy that 's here . |
| 25 | In general I shall recognize what is , not what ought to be ; but certainly I ought to be aware of what I am trying to do , why I want it , how to do it , whether it can be done . |
| 26 | ‘ I ought to , Nick , considering how much I pay my fitness advisers and dietitians . |
| 27 | I know I ought to be different , but there it is . |
| 28 | I ought to be doing more than I am . |
| 29 | All I could do was to mumble that I regretted not taking my degree , and , though I could see it was irritating of me to whine , to feel stale and bored was not such a trivial thing ; that though we might have the vote now , meals still had to be prepared and children looked after and since this kind of drudgery was despised by society as not being ‘ real work ’ , we were in the hideous position of being both exhausted and imprisoned by it and also looked down on for doing it ; that I had honestly tried to be the sort of wife Richard wanted — and the sort of wife I felt I ought to be — but it was like being in a kind of airless cell and I could only see Richard as a jailer ; that I saw myself becoming progressively more and more incapable of doing anything , not just mentally , but from some kind of paralysis of will . |
| 30 | I 've told you all I know and I ought to be getting back — I 've lost two hours of work as it is . ’ |