Example sentences of "[verb] [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 | Whatever arrangements are made they ought to be convenient for the parents and not just for the school . |
| 3 | She says it used to be beautiful , but the rectory and the church are a disgrace . |
| 4 | No , I do n't think she will to be honest with you . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't think you ought to be embarrassed about me now I 'm here , ’ she said . |
| 6 | I mean you used to be able to go ah ! |
| 7 | I kno know what you 're doing , I can see you ought to be careful cos you 'll fall down wo n't you ? |
| 8 | But whether a monetarist or exchange rate policy is preferred it ought to be clear that the country can no longer endure an ambiguous mix of the two . |
| 9 | Yeah well come on I mean we ought to be able to be a little bit more creative than that . |
| 10 | I know I ought to be different , but there it is . |
| 11 | Essentially what you 're saying is that a teacher who 's actually teaching you ought to be able to say to that teacher ‘ look , here 's a package , if you like , that you can insert into your range of skills , and these are of things that you can do with children which are worthwhile doing and fairly easily for you to acquire skills yourself , and they will be very good and helpful for the children ’ . |
| 12 | Essentially what you 're saying is that a teacher who 's actually teaching you ought to be able to say to that teacher ‘ look , here 's a package , if you like , that you can insert into your range of skills , and these are of things that you can do with children which are worthwhile doing and fairly easily for you to acquire skills yourself , and they will be very good and helpful for the children ’ . |
| 13 | Remember it used to be three inches long and now a foot long , with a flapper |
| 14 | ‘ Thanks , although I suppose I ought to be thankful it was n't a kiwi you likened me to . ’ |
| 15 | I feel I ought to be nice to them wherever possible . |
| 16 | We were just saying you ought to be good at that . |
| 17 | ‘ I suppose we ought to be grateful to Eleanor , ’ she said wryly . |
| 18 | ‘ But I suppose we ought to be sensible and try to get some sleep , ’ she added reluctantly . |
| 19 | I feel we ought to be able to give you a better idea of the performance of different planning authorities . |
| 20 | Government grant is distributed through a mechanism which is now called the standard spending assessment , an awful word , or phrase , but it is absolutely vital , and if you look at the standard spending assessment given to this county the government is saying we ought to be able to provide all the services for a total cost of eight hundred and seventy nine pounds per charge payer . |
| 21 | They feel they ought to be immune and , in their health , superior to lay people . |
| 22 | He eyed her speculatively across the room , stupid bitch , then decided he ought to be careful . |
| 23 | I reckon it ought to be compulsory that . |
| 24 | ‘ I mean they used to be taller . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | But they had made a pleasant enough scene , one with which she felt she ought to be able to identify . |
| 27 | ‘ Now you cheap shamus , with the underhanded methods you use you ought to be able to figure this out before the cops get around to it . |
| 28 | She knew she ought to be furious that her mother had apparently not noticed that she did not bleed , that she did not eat , but until recently she had always been grateful . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose I thought we ought to be able to help ourselves . ’ |