Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] [pron] [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This poem uses lots of words that sound as if they ought to be proper words but are not . |
| 2 | I do think when they 're caught , they are , to me it seems as if they ought to be made to clear up some graffiti and and realise what they 're doing because , I do n't think half the time , they realise the the upset they cause . |
| 3 | It was remarkably clean and well-maintained , and all the lights worked but Clive felt as if he ought to be wearing a pith helmet , and carrying a hunting rifle that could bring down a charging rhino at fifty paces . |
| 4 | Rich Adrian , who looked as if he ought to be at public school , only his parents did n't believe in it , even thought they had pots of cash . |
| 5 | It looks as if it ought to be with the compound ones but it 's not . |
| 6 | He behaves exactly as if I ought to be ashamed . |
| 7 | This means that at a time of crisis , such as death , there are fewer people to turn to than there used to be when it was the norm to live much nearer to kinfolk . |
| 8 | Erm the other parts that I made a note of , you did n't ac well you Steve said the wife will be back in an hour and a half erm you did n't pick up Bill any , anything on that at that stage as to whether she ought to be involved although when he started talking or when he could n't remember the , the names of the or dates of birth of the children , he remembered the names , the dates of birth of the children , you mentioned the fact then that the wife would be back in a in an hour |
| 9 | In other words , the treaty was simply introduced as a hindrance that had to be disposed of before other business could be tackled : the vote , negative as expected , was in fact not on the treaty itself , but on whether it ought to be discussed . |