Example sentences of "[verb] he [modal v] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did n't you know he used to be feather weight champion of Scotland |
| 2 | But had he not of abdicated he would of been the Que , King . |
| 3 | Well you know he used to be quite good looking when he was younger but now he 's really ugly . |
| 4 | He eyed her speculatively across the room , stupid bitch , then decided he ought to be careful . |
| 5 | If he ca n't afford a Solicitor and he feels he ought to be represented by a Solicitor , he may apply for Legal Aid , and of course it 's public money concerned so I suppose in an ideal society everybody would be legally assisted who wanted to be , but obviously we ca n't afford that as a country , so that erm generally erm his application would be judged according to certain criteria erm which would suggest perhaps he needed to be represented . |
| 6 | You can tell he used to be a Radio 1 DJ . |
| 7 | There had begun to develop in Minton a dichotomy between the praise he received and what he felt he ought to be . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Slithering north in the rain the next day , he thought he ought to be commended for speaking the truth , for what it was worth , which was little . |
| 10 | of course it was n't a very nice day I grant the , but erm , I thought he 'd of been here |
| 11 | She fingered the rose in her hands and said , ‘ You do n't think he ought to be supervised ? |
| 12 | Yeah , yeah , that 's what I mean , I mean he could of been fucking I R A |
| 13 | ‘ She thinks he ought to be given the sack , but Mr Potter wo n't hear of it . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | I think she thinks he ought to be totally angelic , you know |
| 16 | Did he , did he used to be naughty and I was like , I do n't Ryan , and you got , I bet he did . |
| 17 | ‘ You said he ought to be shot . |
| 18 | So you see he used to be a boxer years ago , in the fifties was n't it ? |