Example sentences of "think [pers pn] [vb mod] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah well Lucy thinks I ought to be horrible to them but well |
| 2 | No , I do n't think she will to be honest with you . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think you ought to be embarrassed about me now I 'm here , ’ she said . |
| 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 | ‘ Rincewind thinks he ought to be able to harness the lightning , ’ said the picture-imp , who was observing the passing scene from the tiny doorway of the box slung around Twoflower 's neck . |
| 7 | Erm I think I ought to be brief on this . |
| 8 | I think we ought to be pleased at the money made available in the last 5 years for players . |
| 9 | If they ca n't get sufficient profit out of supplying gas in the U K I think British Gas is on the verge of withdrawing from the gas market in the U K , and that a lot of jobs in this country and I think we ought to be aware of that and I think we ought to be campaigning to make sure that does n't happen . |
| 10 | erm I think we ought to be aware of the implications of what is happening to our population locally , regionally , nationally , globally . |
| 11 | The private sector probably has even more flexibility to find imaginative ways of addressing those issues than the statutory services ; I think we ought to be prepared to give backing . |