Example sentences of "[adv] he ought to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just that perhaps he ought to be respected ! ’ |
| 2 | She tried , saying : ‘ On the other hand , perhaps he ought to be told . |
| 3 | Does your husband accept that perhaps he ought to be looking after the baby alternate weeks , or is that not a solution to the problem ? |
| 4 | He glanced at the clock and had a strange feeling that he had to do something — there was somewhere he ought to be . |
| 5 | Tears ran down her cheeks as she thought of her first-born , of how he ought to be here , a part of the family circle . |
| 6 | In the words of the headmaster , this is a school which is ‘ more interested in a child 's today than his tomorrow — in where the child is now in relation to where he was , rather than in relation to our expectations of where he ought to be ’ . |
| 7 | He saw the place claiming him — this was where he ought to be , to root himself and be rid of those burrs and thorns of fortune , the corruption in his mind and flesh , the evil impulses of his behaviour . |