Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb mod] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He eyed her speculatively across the room , stupid bitch , then decided he ought to be careful . |
| 2 | But they had made a pleasant enough scene , one with which she felt she ought to be able to identify . |
| 3 | She knew she ought to be furious that her mother had apparently not noticed that she did not bleed , that she did not eat , but until recently she had always been grateful . |
| 4 | She thought she ought to be able to master it sufficiently to make it write a poem for her , but it did n't work like that . |
| 5 | ‘ I suppose I thought we ought to be able to help ourselves . ’ |
| 6 | He knew he ought to be afraid of her , yet he found himself returning her smile with an easy grin and enjoying his jam sandwich to the very last crumb . |
| 7 | Did he , did he used to be naughty and I was like , I do n't Ryan , and you got , I bet he did . |
| 8 | People said it used to be lovely . |
| 9 | She supposed she ought to be thankful that she and Holly had spent several contented years together before things had become prickly . |
| 10 | She supposed she ought to be pleased at this fresh evidence of Luke 's sensitivity . |