Example sentences of "i [modal v] [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 The way I see it — if I had saved the world from a lot of boring belly dancers I ought to be congratulated .
2 I found myself thinking affectionately that I ought to be straightforward with him ; the English liked that .
3 Accordingly I ought to be able to say that at this stage his comments seem to me beside the point , or more exactly in excess of it .
4 I feel I ought to be nice to them wherever possible .
5 ‘ But really , I ought to be tucked up in bed now .
6 I ought to be home in three days and I 've made a deal with Henry .
7 It was so funny — as I walked along , rather disconsolate in the rain , at midday , I suddenly recollected it was Mayday , & knowing I ought to be bright & rejoicing I forthwith was so , at least for a time .
8 I am not what I ought to be ,
9 I 'm young and beautiful , I ought to be kept if anybody .
10 I ought to be pleased .
11 I ought to be used to it , but I 'm not .
12 You know , I ought to be able to order one of you to do this shadow nonsense . ’
13 She could not offer advice as a grandmother , despite her long experience of children ; and now her own children had ceased to confide in her ‘ because they felt that the time had come when I ought to be ‘ spared ’ every possible worry .
14 What did you say I ought to be ? ’
15 ‘ Well , at my age , I ought to be . ’
16 And as I become … and as I remain … more relaxed … and less tense each day … so I will develop much more confidence in myself … more confidence in my ability to do … not only what I have to do each day … more confidence in my ability to do whatever I ought to be able to do … without fear of failure … without fear of consequences … without unnecessary anxiety … without uneasiness .
17 In general I shall recognize what is , not what ought to be ; but certainly I ought to be aware of what I am trying to do , why I want it , how to do it , whether it can be done .
18 I know I ought to be different , but there it is .
19 I ought to be doing more than I am .
20 All I could do was to mumble that I regretted not taking my degree , and , though I could see it was irritating of me to whine , to feel stale and bored was not such a trivial thing ; that though we might have the vote now , meals still had to be prepared and children looked after and since this kind of drudgery was despised by society as not being ‘ real work ’ , we were in the hideous position of being both exhausted and imprisoned by it and also looked down on for doing it ; that I had honestly tried to be the sort of wife Richard wanted — and the sort of wife I felt I ought to be — but it was like being in a kind of airless cell and I could only see Richard as a jailer ; that I saw myself becoming progressively more and more incapable of doing anything , not just mentally , but from some kind of paralysis of will .
21 I 've told you all I know and I ought to be getting back — I 've lost two hours of work as it is . ’
22 I ought to be able to refer to the experience directly , and not only indirectly .
23 To which he , Wittgenstein , replies , ‘ But if it meant that , then I ought to know it , I ought to be able to refer to the experience directly , and not only indirectly .
24 I ought to be able to sort this out on my own . ’
25 If challenged , I ought to be , and can be , in a position to support my claim with quantitative evidence .
26 I just felt I ought to be doing something and so I stuck to it .
27 PAMELA : [ aside ] I have a little tincture of jealousy too , which has made me more uneasy than I ought to be , particularly in the case of Miss Sally Godfrey and my fears of what might happen when we reach London .
28 I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there .
29 He behaves exactly as if I ought to be ashamed .
30 You think that because I can sometimes see what 's trivial and what 's important in art I ought to be more virtuous .
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