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Example sentences of "[pron] ought to [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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1	Similarly — though the outcome is happier — with Craig 's votes : all of them , the original as well as the transferred , contributed to his surplus , so all of them ought to be taken into account in its transfer .
2	I felt I ought to be thinking something momentous .
3	I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there .
4	I 've told you all I know and I ought to be getting back — I 've lost two hours of work as it is . ’
5	My husband told me I ought to be getting out more , so my friend and I began to go out once a fortnight .
6	where did I , I 'm not sure whether I ought to be getting into this but I will .
7	The Citizen 's Advice Bureau has got a pro forma which if a person goes in and says I think I ought to be getting , I think I , I do n't think I 'm getting sufficient income support or I 'm going to apply for income support .
8	I 'm young and beautiful , I ought to be kept if anybody .
9	‘ But really , I ought to be tucked up in bed now .
10	‘ Because I 'm here , Shelley , when I ought to be tucked up at home .
11	Look , thanks for rescuing me , but if you do n't mind I think I ought to be going .
12	I ought to be going there anyway .
13	I ought to be going there .
14	‘ I suppose I ought to be making tracks as well , ’ said the classics don .
15	‘ I feel I ought to be making it . ’
16	I ought to be doing more than I am .
17	I just felt I ought to be doing something and so I stuck to it .
18	That 's what I ought to be doing .
19	a lot about it and sha n't be , frankly I 'm relieved I do n't actually know a lot but when the meeting to discuss what we 're supposed to do is on December tenth yo so I 'm a bit torn cos I in a way that 's what I ought to be doing even though the welfare business in a way that 's wh that 's what I ought to be doing cos it 's entirely .
20	a lot about it and sha n't be , frankly I 'm relieved I do n't actually know a lot but when the meeting to discuss what we 're supposed to do is on December tenth yo so I 'm a bit torn cos I in a way that 's what I ought to be doing even though the welfare business in a way that 's wh that 's what I ought to be doing cos it 's entirely .
21	I ought to be used to it , but I 'm not .
22	The way I see it — if I had saved the world from a lot of boring belly dancers I ought to be congratulated .
23	‘ In fact , ’ her father cut in , ‘ if anything , I ought to be asking you to make sure that you do n't antagonise him .
24	And , further , the equitable doctrine of Conversion operates , treating as done that which ought to be done , to effect a notional conversion in equity of the land into the proceeds of sale .
25	‘ Well , I 'll tell ye — nine hundred and ninety-nine of them are glued to the Holy Writ of Economic Theory ; the remaining one , which ought to be fixed on Ireland , is blind . ’
26	It enables a voice to be given to interest groups which ought to be heard and , possibly , even exercise influence but which otherwise would lack a sufficient say in the affairs of the nation .
27	the House of Lords must give leave on the basis that the case is one which ought to be heard by the House .
28	The defendant will have to explain his default and satisfy the court that he has a defence or counterclaim which ought to be heard .
29	He said , ‘ It is possible to bypass the censor which normally filters the impulses deriving from our subconscious , and let out things which ought to be kept in .
30	Chicherin believed not only that serfdom was immoral but also that it was acting as a brake on the economy , that it could not be justified as a bastion against pauperism , and finally — a somewhat unusual argument — that it entailed the improper transference to the gentry of responsibilities which ought to be exercised by the state .