Example sentences of "ought [to-vb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She ought to have been on the job , she thought , ferreting out facts about Hereward and Amy . |
| 2 | Anyone who could put on such an outrageous act — and get away with it — quite clearly ought to have been on the stage ! |
| 3 | Saturday afternoon , I ought to have been at home it was three o'clock and I should have been at er , in Leicester then . |
| 4 | He ought to have been over the moon at her suggestion that she leave him , but instead it seemed to have made him angry . |
| 5 | Affidavit evidence from the appellants , which ought to have been before the judge , has now been put before this court and an application has been made for leave to adduce this as additional evidence on the hearing of the appeal . |
| 6 | Then she rode home feeling a bit ashamed that she had n't been as brave as she felt sure a proper Brownie ought to have been in face of danger . |
| 7 | Lopes LJ : Speaking for myself , I think it ought to have been in that form , and probably a little bit stronger . |