Example sentences of "she ought [prep] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She ought to be hoping instead that they did go to Civitavecchia and finally sorted out the mystery of Jeff and Silvia . |
| 3 | ‘ You 've got a bloody calculator , ’ Phoebe would yell , ‘ she ought to be teaching you to think . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | By rights , she knew she ought to be feeling extra anticipation now . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | For a start , she ought to be talking to Adam , not spilling out her troubles to you . ’ |
| 11 | I suspect Mrs feels she ought to be signing them not the |