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

No	Sentence
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	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 .
19	She ought to be hoping instead that they did go to Civitavecchia and finally sorted out the mystery of Jeff and Silvia .
20	‘ You 've got a bloody calculator , ’ Phoebe would yell , ‘ she ought to be teaching you to think . ’
21	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 .
22	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 . ’
23	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 .
24	By rights , she knew she ought to be feeling extra anticipation now .
25	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 ?
26	‘ 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 . ’
27	For a start , she ought to be talking to Adam , not spilling out her troubles to you . ’
28	I suspect Mrs feels she ought to be signing them not the
29	‘ I wo n't tell anyone , ’ said Gabriel , ‘ but you ought to be wearing a cloak on a night like this . ’
30	‘ You ought to be listening to the grass roots and saying : ‘ Look , we 've started doing the tests , we 've found they are n't working as they should .