Example sentences of "[pers pn] ought " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , to maintain a constant level of satisfaction — or , what is the same thing , of dissatisfaction — with the health services , expenditure upon them ought relatively to increase somewhat in real terms . |
| 2 | The sums that will pass through them ought surely to enhance their prestige , and at a symbolic time . |
| 3 | Your parents are legally responsible for you and one of them ought to know about anything that might affect your health , either emotionally or physically . |
| 4 | Similarly — though the outcome is happier — with Craig 's votes : all of them , the original as well as the transferred , contributed to his surplus , so all of them ought to be taken into account in its transfer . |
| 5 | You go into the bedroom , checking the position of the mirrors ; none of them ought to show you to anybody in the bathroom . |
| 6 | The way I see it — if I had saved the world from a lot of boring belly dancers I ought to be congratulated . |
| 7 | Perhaps I ought to see a doctor . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He makes me feel as though I ought to go and write ‘ I must always measure my ingredients ’ five hundred times . ’ |
| 9 | I found myself thinking affectionately that I ought to be straightforward with him ; the English liked that . |
| 10 | I ought to have known . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I feel I ought to be nice to them wherever possible . |
| 13 | I have something very important that I ought to do . ’ |
| 14 | The poor fellow 's dead and I do n't know whether I ought to say this … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But really , I ought to be tucked up in bed now . |
| 16 | I am doing this because I think I ought to and am in the position to do so . ’ |
| 17 | I ought to be home in three days and I 've made a deal with Henry . |
| 18 | Perhaps I ought to ring Dawn and make an appointment if I want to talk to you ? |
| 19 | Or perhaps I ought to say it was her spirit , since it resembled not at all any portrait that could have been painted . |
| 20 | It was so funny — as I walked along , rather disconsolate in the rain , at midday , I suddenly recollected it was Mayday , & knowing I ought to be bright & rejoicing I forthwith was so , at least for a time . |
| 21 | I am not what I ought to be , |
| 22 | I ought to explain that in this talk I am not attacking fundamentalism as such — I am in fact asking what are its strengths , weaknesses and challenges . |
| 23 | I 'm young and beautiful , I ought to be kept if anybody . |
| 24 | ‘ I just think I ought to look for a useful job . |
| 25 | They seem to think I ought to . |
| 26 | I ought never to have let it start . ’ |
| 27 | I walked slowly back up the shabby road to this now miserable room , thinking all the while of what I ought to do or what I could do if I was ever going to outmanoeuvre these cunning poisoners . |
| 28 | ‘ Maybe I ought to go have ( done ) to me what Casey had done , ’ North told a friend bitterly ; ‘ take my brain out , and leave me alone . ’ |
| 29 | Before leaving Dublin , I decided I ought to see something of County Louth . |
| 30 | But Minnie I ought to have suspected there was more to this kindness than appeared and so there is . |