Example sentences of "[pron] ought to [be] getting " in BNC.
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1 | I 've told you all I know and I ought to be getting back — I 've lost two hours of work as it is . ’ |
2 | My husband told me I ought to be getting out more , so my friend and I began to go out once a fortnight . |
3 | where did I , I 'm not sure whether I ought to be getting into this but I will . |
4 | The Citizen 's Advice Bureau has got a pro forma which if a person goes in and says I think I ought to be getting , I think I , I do n't think I 'm getting sufficient income support or I 'm going to apply for income support . |
5 | ‘ We ought to be getting home . |
6 | ‘ I think we ought to be getting down now , ’ he said hollowly . |
7 | I just said to Walt , we ought to be getting a gon-doh-lar back . ’ |
8 | ‘ It was such a cold day , ’ said Ianthe , ‘ and you 're not allowed to eat in the Public Record Office , so I thought just for once … = ’ She stopped , feeling that too much attention was being drawn to her and that they ought to be getting on with their work , especially as the Ash Wednesday service had made them late coming back from lunch . |
9 | Once TOPIC and SEAQ screens had been introduced into a firm , the dealer could check what approximate price he ought to be getting , to be varied by what the firm took off or added to quote its price " net " of commission . |