Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] ought to [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1	Are there any problems that may be looming on the horizon that perhaps you ought to be addressing before they reach the door ?
2	Erm I mean the if you , if you 're looking at erm at er at , at , at the costs on that erm I mean do you , do you think that er er that that 's a reasonable sum to , to actually put aside ea each month to provide that sort of protection or , or perhaps you ought to be thinking of , of looking at a higher figure .
3	If the latter are regarded as territory to be defended , as rallying cries for confrontation with others , perhaps we ought to be asking whether they need to be so territorial ?
4	and er actually that is something perhaps we ought to be talking about .
5	So we ought to be cheering as the big round numbers go by , leaving us healthy and whole .
6	Does your husband accept that perhaps he ought to be looking after the baby alternate weeks , or is that not a solution to the problem ?
7	also we ought to be treating it , are you not actually having any active treatment at the moment are you ?
8	But now , I think , there are signs that er things are beginning to pick up , certainly we 're being told things are beginning to pick up and I think probably as an office generally , we 're experiencing that upturn , although er every time we get some special job in , suddenly we think we are at the end of a recession and perhaps , you know , it 's the next job that really we ought to be looking to .
9	And really we ought to be concentrating far more upon the other other changes which are proposed other than the Trusts and the things that in fact are fo far worse in my my own opinion .
10	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 ?
11	Right , fine well maybe you ought to be announcing where you live James at the end of this so

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