Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.

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1 Tears ran down her cheeks as she thought of her first-born , of how he ought to be here , a part of the family circle .
2 In the words of the headmaster , this is a school which is ‘ more interested in a child 's today than his tomorrow — in where the child is now in relation to where he was , rather than in relation to our expectations of where he ought to be ’ .
3 He saw the place claiming him — this was where he ought to be , to root himself and be rid of those burrs and thorns of fortune , the corruption in his mind and flesh , the evil impulses of his behaviour .
4 And I 've seen Harry Lloyd and er Houdini what they call him you know , where he used to be all strapped in chains and get out of tanks and that .
5 He used t he used t he used to take about half a dozen bottles of beer on the Saturday morning with him and that 's where he used to be in his , in his galley and he would n't move out that galley all the time .
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