Example sentences of "[pron] ought to [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt I ought to be thinking something momentous . |
| 2 | I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there . |
| 3 | I 've told you all I know and I ought to be getting back — I 've lost two hours of work as it is . ’ |
| 4 | My husband told me I ought to be getting out more , so my friend and I began to go out once a fortnight . |
| 5 | where did I , I 'm not sure whether I ought to be getting into this but I will . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Look , thanks for rescuing me , but if you do n't mind I think I ought to be going . |
| 8 | I ought to be going there anyway . |
| 9 | I ought to be going there . |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose I ought to be making tracks as well , ’ said the classics don . |
| 11 | ‘ I feel I ought to be making it . ’ |
| 12 | I ought to be doing more than I am . |
| 13 | I just felt I ought to be doing something and so I stuck to it . |
| 14 | That 's what I ought to be doing . |
| 15 | a lot about it and sha n't be , frankly I 'm relieved I do n't actually know a lot but when the meeting to discuss what we 're supposed to do is on December tenth yo so I 'm a bit torn cos I in a way that 's what I ought to be doing even though the welfare business in a way that 's wh that 's what I ought to be doing cos it 's entirely . |
| 16 | a lot about it and sha n't be , frankly I 'm relieved I do n't actually know a lot but when the meeting to discuss what we 're supposed to do is on December tenth yo so I 'm a bit torn cos I in a way that 's what I ought to be doing even though the welfare business in a way that 's wh that 's what I ought to be doing cos it 's entirely . |
| 17 | ‘ In fact , ’ her father cut in , ‘ if anything , I ought to be asking you to make sure that you do n't antagonise him . |
| 18 | It means that the recession which ought to be ending is gathering pace . ’ |
| 19 | In suggesting the rule is an inalienable part of the language , Dale Spender ironically assists those she criticises in making their sexism look natural , when she ought to be exposing it as a cultural construct . |
| 20 | She ought to be hoping instead that they did go to Civitavecchia and finally sorted out the mystery of Jeff and Silvia . |
| 21 | ‘ You 've got a bloody calculator , ’ Phoebe would yell , ‘ she ought to be teaching you to think . ’ |
| 22 | She knew that she ought to be paying some attention to the rest of the class but she was altogether too excited to let the matter rest . |
| 23 | She ought to be playing ten chukkas a day with really good players , and she ought to get miles away from you so she ca n't kick the shit out of you . ’ |
| 24 | His chief failing was a habit of cracking heavy pedantic jokes ; he was unable to let a good idea drop , and remarked several times during the course of the film that the heroine looked like she ought to be playing the horse . |
| 25 | By rights , she knew she ought to be feeling extra anticipation now . |
| 26 | After a friendly evening out like that , capped by a friendly kiss , and Faye 's happy news about the baby 's movement , surely she ought to be feeling content ? |
| 27 | ‘ And I can only say that the Master will not like it if his breakfast and lunch do not arrive on time , because he serves his maid coffee , engages her in chit-chat , and encourages her to read disreputable papers when she ought to be blackleading the range , or scrubbing the kitchen floor . ’ |
| 28 | For a start , she ought to be talking to Adam , not spilling out her troubles to you . ’ |
| 29 | I suspect Mrs feels she ought to be signing them not the |
| 30 | I suspect that some of the drug barons who shell out money in support of what must be a pretty costly operation regard the academically-minded staff of the OHE as a bunch of eggheads , not to say ‘ wets ’ , who ought to be earning their keep by polishing up the industry 's somewhat tarnished image , and by encouraging sales , instead of spending their time and the companies ' profits on airy-fairy projects which are n't going to rustle up a pennyworth of business . |