Example sentences of "[vb mod] [to-vb] be [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and er I bloody , I said , I said in the end I 've , what we ought to do is lop some part of their anatomy off , like a little digit or something then we can prove they 've been in |
| 2 | ‘ What you ought to do is teach these girls some manners , ’ the American muttered crossly . |
| 3 | And I think what we ought to do is have another look at you now . |
| 4 | It is very easy to get involved in discussing whether Olive ought to have been given some knowledge of French wines before George moved , or perhaps persuaded to move to the city along with him . |
| 5 | Since Holyfield took over and made grandad-bashing respectable on the heavyweight scene , those young lions who ought to have been clawing each other for the right to depose and expose him have been harmlessly shadow boxing around each other . |
| 6 | Ms Harris ought to have been preaching this to her clients and taking note of it herself . |
| 7 | Therefore in Daniels v. White it would seem that the employer ( the defendant ) ought to have been held liable . |
| 8 | Yet the expectation has persisted that Handel ought to have been shown next to some larger and more recognizably worthy instrument . |