Example sentences of "she [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Wilkie said it was Alexander she ought to talk to about Van Gogh and Hodgkiss said Alexander was an excellent example of what he was talking about , the effect of this light , the difficulty of fixing colours .
2 He had drawn up a long list of people she ought to talk to during the day : fashion houses , designers , a couple of artists ' studios , a gallery specializing in contemporary prints .
3 Often he told her she ought to wear warmer clothing .
4 She ought to proceed with care .
5 The walk there took only about ten minutes and she thought that even with the frightening weakness in her legs that she had discovered the first time she got out of bed she ought to manage that distance .
6 She knew she ought to report the death , but felt she could not because of the passage of time .
7 ‘ A wife is not a servant — though she ought to concern herself with your comfort , it is true . ’
8 She wondered if she ought to point it out .
9 She ought to remember .
10 She ought to see it first . ’
11 But when they were sitting at the oval table in the dining-room , eating Mrs Purry 's admirable steak and kidney pudding and drinking a full-bodied Burgundy , Penelope found herself next to Rupert , who talked very pleasantly about Italy , remembering that Penelope was shortly to visit Rome with the parish party , and told her of things she ought to see and restaurants where she might eat .
12 She stood there , staring , immobile at first , before the riot of flesh and lights and people and advertisements , and she wondered what it was that she was supposed to fear , because she could not truly fear anything , in such well-lit company : and she wondered why she was not afraid , when they had all told her , all of them , the Party Organizer and Janice and her upbringing , that she ought to fear .
13 She ought to leave the field open for the other girls .
14 The doctor was still here ; she ought to leave .
15 Doctor Baron had given her something , she ought to let him put the light out and go to sleep .
16 She 's , she 's let go when she knew that she ought to let go .
17 She was pleased at the distinction , and amused , as she told me , that twice she had been decorated by a Labour government ; she almost felt she ought to vote for them !
18 But though she knew she ought to deter that straying hand , struggle free of him , insist that he let her leave his bed , her own treacherous flesh kept her prisoner .
19 Carrie had n't wanted to show her , in case Hepzibah should feel she ought to give them parting presents as well , but now there was no help for it .
20 She looked back at the cupboard , wondering if she ought to give any other heart drugs .
21 She was looking for the opportunity to extend her holdings in Glasgow , but she was unsure if she wanted to expand her business in the same district as her first premises — perhaps she ought to move upmarket , rather like her London operation .
22 But first she ought to move her car .
23 She told herself she ought to edge away , but she could n't make herself do it .
24 The position was clear enough but she thought she ought to enlarge .
25 He goes on to advise those still wrestling with uncertainty , ‘ He or she ought to examine , with the help of others , what his or her own attitudes to sexuality really are .
26 Maybe — maybe she ought to wait until morning to confront him .
27 She ought to insist that he go away .
28 Anne knew she ought to do something , ought to intervene .
29 Again , Anne felt she ought to do something but could not think of anything .
30 My dad , he thought she ought to do it , and he was amazed at me taking a stand . "
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