Example sentences of "[vb base] i [modal v] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , it 's it 's erm it 's somebody who , all they do is write your answers for you but dictated I m if you 've ever been an em especially I mean I used to be I usually end up doing the amanuensing for courses that I 've taught on students on my paper . |
| 2 | I remember I used to be a horror . ’ |
| 3 | I know I ought to be different , but there it is . |
| 4 | And way back , you know I used to be a hair stylist myself . |
| 5 | ‘ Thanks , although I suppose I ought to be thankful it was n't a kiwi you likened me to . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose I ought to be making tracks as well , ’ said the classics don . |
| 7 | I guess I ought to be more honest about this because my daughter wrote me after her mother 's funeral and said she 'd guessed what had happened anyway . |
| 8 | I feel I ought to be nice to them wherever possible . |
| 9 | ‘ I feel I ought to be making it . ’ |
| 10 | Look , thanks for rescuing me , but if you do n't mind I think I ought to be going . |
| 11 | Erm I think I ought to be brief on this . |
| 12 | The Citizen 's Advice Bureau has got a pro forma which if a person goes in and says I think I ought to be getting , I think I , I do n't think I 'm getting sufficient income support or I 'm going to apply for income support . |