Example sentences of "she [vb mod] to [be] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | ( Elizabeth said that she was not quite sure whether she ought to be pleased when I told her this ; but I am sure she was pleased . ) |
2 | She supposed she ought to be thankful that she and Holly had spent several contented years together before things had become prickly . |
3 | Perhaps she ought to be grateful that , out of Luke Hunter 's whole harem , she was at least one of the only two to be awarded an ‘ A ’ . |
4 | Everyone has a right to expect her to be predictable ( however trying things are ) and she ought to be worried and apologetic if she behaves strangely . |
5 | She ought to be wary but despite this she felt pleased . |
6 | 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 . |