Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] ought to [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't say I 'll give you a bit of my advice on a lead , because er you have n't had the call so you ought to be on your best level . |
| 2 | In consequence , European collaboration is fraught and costly : operational requirements are made more complex than they ought to be by the need for compromise ; sharing development leads to mismatches of components that have to be corrected late on in programmes ; and divided production and assembly increases overheads and puts up costs . |
| 3 | That 's a factor of something like three hundred per cent than it , than it ought to be in terms of inflation and the County Treasurer 's budget of plus five per cent which is well in excess of two hundred per cent . |
| 4 | It looks as if it ought to be with the compound ones but it 's not . |
| 5 | Rich Adrian , who looked as if he ought to be at public school , only his parents did n't believe in it , even thought they had pots of cash . |
| 6 | I suppose you 'll be off with them to the theatre again , when you ought to be with Charles . ’ |
| 7 | She thought she knew what it would be like to find yourself in Boston when you ought to be in Chicago . |
| 8 | We are not so sensible as we ought to be of the Providence which hourly sustains us . |