Example sentences of "he ought to [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | North once offered Calero a bullet-proof vest — ‘ the same sort the President wears ’ — Only to find Calero shocked at the implication that he ought to be looking danger in the face . |
| 2 | I , far from it but I think here we should be encouraging him or , or highlighting the , the problem that he 's got that he ought to be looking at . |
| 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 | ‘ It is , of course , precisely what he ought to be seeing , ’ he agreed , reluctantly . |
| 5 | It was remarkably clean and well-maintained , and all the lights worked but Clive felt as if he ought to be wearing a pith helmet , and carrying a hunting rifle that could bring down a charging rhino at fifty paces . |
| 6 | He ought to be wearing black . |
| 7 | He knew that he ought to be trying to sleep — he 'd managed no more than about five or six hours in the last fifty — but he was edgy and alert with the cold-water clarity of near-exhaustion . |
| 8 | It was probably something to do with the view that had convinced George he ought to be drinking a very large glass of dry sherry from the wood . |
| 9 | Once TOPIC and SEAQ screens had been introduced into a firm , the dealer could check what approximate price he ought to be getting , to be varied by what the firm took off or added to quote its price " net " of commission . |
| 10 | Instead of Bible teaching , he ought to be translating fine words into deeds . |
| 11 | Both Sonatas are cleanly played , but the inner momentum of Rachmaninov 's first movement is lost : Yo-Yo Ma too often takes a back seat when he ought to be showing the lead , and this affects the balance . |
| 12 | Dr Spink said : ‘ He ought to be defending those who are finding it difficult to make ends meet here . ’ |
| 13 | You know , he ought to be doing better things . |