Example sentences of "and it ought [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 Soon someone will have to say boo to this goose fattened up for foie gras , and it ought to be someone British .
2 I 'm not all that religious , I reckon you can be good without goin' to Church , and that , but I know wickedness when I see it , and it ought to be put a stop to . ’
3 The road continued past the cottages so there must be something down there and it ought to be the common itself .
4 I was stiff and he was supple , and it ought to be the other way round .
5 But we all have our own ideas about the answers to these big questions and it ought to be left to the discretion of class teachers to allow their pupils to learn about life 's problems in their own time and at their own pace .
6 relationship , I mean do set up , I mean , if you get into , if you establish relations with me then it 's an ongoing thing , it can be , and it ought to be , so you actually do see the same people over a period of time , and you do establish a modicum of trust , not entire trust , because it 's asking too much for entire trust in all circumstances , but at least there is a certain understanding , particularly with the , on the , on the local basis .
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