Example sentences of "he ought to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Crump read Hope 's card several times and knew that he ought to be impressed . |
| 2 | He eyed her speculatively across the room , stupid bitch , then decided he ought to be careful . |
| 3 | It had worked very well last night with Fräulein Hubert , better than he 'd hoped , but he ought to be careful until his plans were all consolidated , then he could dump Ingrid and carry on where he 'd left off with that lovely little thing . |
| 4 | He ought to be jolly , |
| 5 | Moreover , it has been argued that he ought to be responsible for guests or licensees on his land . |
| 6 | Then one could say ‘ You 've forgotten what it must feel like ’ ; this time he ought to be aware of the pain . |
| 7 | I told him he should be able to see the good in people as well as the evil , so he ought to be happier . |
| 8 | As for the metaphor of ‘ law ’ , its persisting power is evident whenever someone , pondering the determinist thesis that even his own actions are ‘ bound by ’ , are ‘ subject to ’ , ‘ obey ’ the laws of nature , finds himself thinking as though he ought to be conscious of his own resisting will , as he is when submitting to human laws . |
| 9 | He knew he ought to be afraid of her , yet he found himself returning her smile with an easy grin and enjoying his jam sandwich to the very last crumb . |
| 10 | Saying that he ought to be able to get through a closed door as easily as an open one , Swift is supposed to have left him standing on the doorstep . |
| 11 | Ramsay was in two minds as to whether it was wise to allow himself to be bottled up in the town when his place arguably was with the Regent ; but he decided that he might possibly play a more useful part here as Seton 's assistant — and he ought to be able to escape by boat , at night , if necessary . |
| 12 | I said " the words he ought to be able to spell " . |
| 13 | When the examiner picks up your script to look for question 5 , for example , he ought to be able to open the book at roughly the right place and find question 5 . |
| 14 | It may be argued on the one hand that where the owner of goods was under no tortious liability for their appearance on the occupier 's land , he ought to be able to retake them in any event , provided he does no injury to the premises or gives adequate security for making good any unavoidable injury . |
| 15 | ‘ Rincewind thinks he ought to be able to harness the lightning , ’ said the picture-imp , who was observing the passing scene from the tiny doorway of the box slung around Twoflower 's neck . |