Example sentences of "[pers pn] thought i ought " in BNC.

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1 Still , I thought I ought to let you know . ’
2 I told her I was scared to go home but I thought I ought to , and of course she said , ‘ You 'd be best to come here , then , and when you feel like it , we can phone your parents and tell them whatever you want them to know .
3 Having cost the University of Bristol a lot of money over the previous months , I thought I ought to try to put something back , so I got myself sponsored : part of the money was to go to the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council , and half to the newly-formed Bristol University Arthritis Research Group .
4 I thought I ought to ask him .
5 The craziness of the theatre business was apparent from day one and about three weeks into my ten week contract , I thought I ought to give Peace Corps another try .
6 At the risk of sounding pompous — for this was very basic medicine — I thought I ought to explain to Miss Sowerby just what I was thinking of .
7 I thought I ought to .
8 I thought I ought to tell you that .
9 ‘ I do n't suppose it 's important , but I thought I ought to tell you that I saw Mr Riddle on Friday evening . ’
10 ‘ I was n't ; it was only when I was talking about it to Gina that I thought I ought to come here and tell you . ’
11 " I 'm sorry , Mr Grout , but I thought I ought to mention it .
12 Sometimes then I was a bit embarrassed by it , because I thought I ought to be a little more revolutionary , but I 've always completely loathed violence and bloodshed and every time I dived into Marxism all I could think of was Lenin shooting the anarchists .
13 I thought I ought to do something , ’ Dickinson said , ‘ but I could n't think what .
14 Though what I am trying to do is just explore all these possible lines of thoughts erm in a political way , alright , but they do n't work out neatly and these critics got quite excited about so I thought I ought to point them out to you but you 're quite right in pointing out that they do n't work out neatly , O K. So we 've got to , where have we got to with George ?
15 It was n't vital to come but I thought I ought to .
16 Thank you very much Mr President and as you 've been friendly enough to invite me and given me such a friendly welcome , I , I thought I ought to risk speaking to you as candidly as I can about what is going on in our country and our communities at the moment and whether by the end of the thing I continue your friend is another matter .
17 They thought I ought to see the doctor .
18 He 'd come across someone he thought I ought to meet .
19 ‘ Mike knew I always work late , and even though there was n't anything for me to do , he thought I ought to know . ’
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