Example sentences of "[pers pn] ought to [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | You know , I ought to be able to order one of you to do this shadow nonsense . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I ought to be able to refer to the experience directly , and not only indirectly . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I ought to be able to sort this out on my own . ’ |
| 7 | ’ — And if I am to be a great Kha-Khan , I ought to be able to recognise when I am being told the truth . ’ |
| 8 | Now , if you 'll let me get to work while there 's still light , I ought to be able to confirm what I suspected when I first saw her — ’ He paused , bending over the body , a long hardwood implement in his hand . |
| 9 | If I 'm not bothered , I ought to be able to get going . |
| 10 | ‘ I ought to be able to handle him on my own , Willi . ’ |
| 11 | So I ought to be able to work out the difference between them . |
| 12 | But they had made a pleasant enough scene , one with which she felt she ought to be able to identify . |
| 13 | Besides , she ought to be able to manage a lunch . |
| 14 | A decent blouse and skirt , or an attractive frock , either outfit worn with a clean straw boater , and she ought to be able to get a job in a store . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | You ought to be able to cope with a small invasion of your privacy now and then . |
| 17 | Well , as a very , very rough approximation , you ought to be able to get 3–4 pages of answer out of every page of case study text . |
| 18 | ‘ You ought to be able to see it , if you go up high enough . ’ |
| 19 | He once remarked that good prose is like a window-pane , meaning that you ought to be able to see through it without seeing it ; and anyone who has ever tried to write prose like that , or to see human creatures in life or fiction like Waugh 's early fictional characters , will know how much clutter of mind and words needs first to be cleared away . |
| 20 | ( You ought to be able to deduce at least five . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | " You ought to be able to see that with half an eye . |
| 23 | the point about membership is that you ought to be able to comment on those suggestions of change and get involved with them on a broad basis . |
| 24 | You ought to be able to drive up here did n't you ? |
| 25 | So quite honestly you ought to be able to make a a bit of something out of it there 's |
| 26 | The erm but most of us are when yo , when you first join something you can always see the things that you ought to be able to change . |
| 27 | In turn , we press our point and say , ‘ But it 's a cow , and this is a very simple word , and you ought to be able to understand it . ’ |
| 28 | 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 ’ . |
| 29 | 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 ’ . |
| 30 | This particularly applies in the case of professionals such as doctors and teachers who we ought to be able to trust . |