Example sentences of "and [pron] ought " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spring 1978 , Marcella Evaristi had persuaded the Traverse that she and I ought to put a ‘ poetry reading ’ together , and run it for several nights . |
| 2 | I 've told you all I know and I ought to be getting back — I 've lost two hours of work as it is . ’ |
| 3 | I must have knocked it or something and I 'd a couple of shots left and I ought to have shot the swine but I could n't , not while he was sitting there killing himself laughing . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's the local judge , and I ought to report Pew 's death to him or Squire Trelawney . |
| 5 | Mr. Speaker : The Hon. Gentleman ought to know , and I ought not to have to keep repeating it , that this is a United Kingdom Parliament . |
| 6 | ‘ The story is that there 's an irresponsible , bored lunatic in Deptford , and I ought to keep him in a cage until I need him . ’ |
| 7 | I must say I 'm seeing a new side to you today , and I ought to have suspected it before . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sorry , Christian , Tom and I ought to have discussed it with you . |
| 9 | I 've got a tutorial shortly , and I ought to sober up a bit betweentimes . ’ |
| 10 | I think what you and I ought to do is sit down we ought to list the pros and cons and problems of and look at them afresh and then maybe talk to Tom anyway . |
| 11 | What I have n't done and I ought to because of the erm the way that this discussion has to unfold , I ought to say that pure few sentences about why should there be a strategic sites policy at all and erm I ought to put that on the record although it 's pretty well trailed in all the paper work . |
| 12 | We 've got two sessions planned erm and I would like to Rob that you and I ought to meet and talk about how we 're going to handle that session in some detail and the videos . |
| 13 | And , Tim , you and I ought to have a we 're not actually going to have a formal session on self-study , but we have another we have a rather loosely structured session when we can bring up any other matters for erm basically that they 'll want to plan the video session rather carefully as well basically I think we want to follow in on yesterday 's meeting — we want to find out why we 're not selling more videos basically and use the whole of that session if necessary for exploring with the area managers why we 're not doing twice or three times as well as we are . |
| 14 | One could imagine a ‘ price pause ’ for a limited time ; but after that — is there something familiar about all this ? — one would have to start discovering which prices ought to rise and which ought to fall to offset them , and this is just what we want a commission to do for us because we pretend that we do n't know how to do it for ourselves . |
| 15 | Having explained that his Communism was an aspect of his campaign for black equality he thundered at the committee : ‘ You are the non-patriots , you are the UnAmericans and you ought to be ashamed of yourselves . ’ |
| 16 | These sorts of courses are needed by anyone who keeps animals , and you ought not to be allowed to keep animals unless you have attended such a course . |
| 17 | Add to that the landing fees ( if you train at an aerodrome that levies these ) and the usual books , maps and equipment , and you ought realistically to be able to come home with your PPL having cost about $6,600 . |
| 18 | But , erm , that this is gon na be happening and you ought to have an input . |
| 19 | ‘ And you ought a check if anything 's gone missing . |
| 20 | So it 's , if you 're in , you 've still got to think about security and you ought to be locking your doors , if you can . |
| 21 | Ace is my top driver , and you ought to know perfectly well there 's a great deal riding on his shoulders at the moment . |
| 22 | ‘ And you ought to know by now that it 's a waste of time . ’ |
| 23 | And you ought a seen his body . |
| 24 | I 'm saying is , is you ought to get very close to that geographical map because it 's the logistic logistics er difficulty with getting , and you ought to know where there are mountains and where there are valleys and the fact that that , in South Wales they ca n't just go across country , they have to go back down the valley after the M four and up again . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | Well , I 've trailed my coat , I 've said a whole lot of things in hopefully to intrigue you , to start you off , merely in terms of rather positive public relations , the media are good and they 're lovely and you ought to encourage them , and really , my message in the very first part is what I started off with . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Everyone has a right to expect her to be predictable ( however trying things are ) and she ought to be worried and apologetic if she behaves strangely . |
| 30 | She was tired too and she ought to get up from here and go into her own cabin . |