Example sentences of "i ought " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way I see it — if I had saved the world from a lot of boring belly dancers I ought to be congratulated . |
| 2 | Perhaps I ought to see a doctor . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ He makes me feel as though I ought to go and write ‘ I must always measure my ingredients ’ five hundred times . ’ |
| 4 | I found myself thinking affectionately that I ought to be straightforward with him ; the English liked that . |
| 5 | I ought to have known . |
| 6 | Accordingly I ought to be able to say that at this stage his comments seem to me beside the point , or more exactly in excess of it . |
| 7 | I feel I ought to be nice to them wherever possible . |
| 8 | I have something very important that I ought to do . ’ |
| 9 | The poor fellow 's dead and I do n't know whether I ought to say this … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ But really , I ought to be tucked up in bed now . |
| 11 | I am doing this because I think I ought to and am in the position to do so . ’ |
| 12 | I ought to be home in three days and I 've made a deal with Henry . |
| 13 | Perhaps I ought to ring Dawn and make an appointment if I want to talk to you ? |
| 14 | Or perhaps I ought to say it was her spirit , since it resembled not at all any portrait that could have been painted . |
| 15 | It was so funny — as I walked along , rather disconsolate in the rain , at midday , I suddenly recollected it was Mayday , & knowing I ought to be bright & rejoicing I forthwith was so , at least for a time . |
| 16 | I am not what I ought to be , |
| 17 | I ought to explain that in this talk I am not attacking fundamentalism as such — I am in fact asking what are its strengths , weaknesses and challenges . |
| 18 | I 'm young and beautiful , I ought to be kept if anybody . |
| 19 | ‘ I just think I ought to look for a useful job . |
| 20 | They seem to think I ought to . |
| 21 | I ought never to have let it start . ’ |
| 22 | I walked slowly back up the shabby road to this now miserable room , thinking all the while of what I ought to do or what I could do if I was ever going to outmanoeuvre these cunning poisoners . |
| 23 | ‘ Maybe I ought to go have ( done ) to me what Casey had done , ’ North told a friend bitterly ; ‘ take my brain out , and leave me alone . ’ |
| 24 | Before leaving Dublin , I decided I ought to see something of County Louth . |
| 25 | But Minnie I ought to have suspected there was more to this kindness than appeared and so there is . |
| 26 | You will say I ought to have informed you I would not part with the boy in such circumstances as you had taken trouble to describe but until I saw the girl I was not sure in my own mind what to do and only made it up when confronted with her and not taking to her at all . |
| 27 | I ought to have explained in my letter — as is made clear in my book — that the case studies are those of pathologically disturbed men ( and some women ) ; people locked away in asylums or prisons , or who have paid for their vile perversions with their lives . |
| 28 | I ought to be pleased . |
| 29 | ‘ I like to think I 'm a good loser , but I do n't like being cheated out of something that I ought to have won , ’ he said . |
| 30 | ‘ I like to think I 'm a good loser , but I do n't like being cheated out of something that I ought to have won , ’ he said . |