Example sentences of "[adv] ought to [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only is it ably led by the shrewd Gordon Taylor ( who perhaps ought to be running the FA ) , the players ' union also has a record which other unions would be proud of . |
| 2 | Mavis detached herself from the group and looked as though she thought she probably ought to be making an effort to take charge . |
| 3 | One megabyte is totally inadequate for running Windows ( version 3.1 requires a minimum of 2Mb ) and you really ought to be thinking about slamming in the RAM . |
| 4 | She really ought to be thinking of work instead of calling Fernando Serra 's bluff . |
| 5 | You see we used to think of the generations of man twenty five year intervals three , we really ought to be thinking of four . |
| 6 | This is the kind of thing that we really ought to be addressing because this actually addresses the safety of people in this county , not only the safety of people , this addresses the safety of property as well and there 's no disagreement about the fact that this enormous development that 's happened over the last few years in an area where you 've got a regular traffic snarl-ups mean that you have got a potential disaster there on your hands and we 're jolly lucky we have n't any more serious incidents than we 've had already and so I can see no reason why these two mo these two amendments should n't both happily be accepted though I 'm very cynical about the number of times we 've spent the airport money already and sooner or later we 've obviously got to actually seriously address that but the important thing is that we do all take it seriously and it seems that we all do now take it seriously . |
| 7 | You really ought to be wearing a ring , Lucinda . |
| 8 | Instead of having to come home from work and worry about wrapping up the Christmas presents , or writing letters to friends , or having a long conversation with someone in the family who needs a bit of support , and fitting all that in after the children have gone to bed and the supper 's been washed up and you really ought to be reading papers for tomorrow 's meeting , I know I have a chunk of time when I can get on with doing all that . |
| 9 | ‘ Now I really ought to be getting back to the apartment . ’ |
| 10 | As soon as those are published , employers are put on notice that there are steps they really ought to be taking . |
| 11 | And another thing , you really ought to be venturing further afield ; travelling or doing something more challenging now and therefore perhaps you need a gentle prod to remind you that life is only , after all , what you make it . |
| 12 | We really ought to be rehearsing this stuff , well finalising the scripts after half term . |
| 13 | ‘ I really ought to be going , ’ said Penelope , ‘ what with having a long journey and work tomorrow . ’ |
| 14 | We really ought to be going to some to truss . |
| 15 | I would to our officers they should not grant another contract to Borough Council until they start to use the correct machines for doing the work and I hope that that message now has got across to the cou county surveyor and he really ought to be talking to Borough Council to find out what they 're doing about it . |
| 16 | doing it Roger is that we sit here and we say to our clients , ah but you really ought to be coming to us because we 're railway experts . |
| 17 | Let me put it to you this way you know as well as I do people who really ought to be doing something else other than teaching . |
| 18 | But what if the parent is not happy with this and believes that their child really ought to be doing more homework ? |