Example sentences of "they [adv] ought to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean they all ought to be geared up for all this for Christ 's sake . |
| 2 | Floy thought they probably ought to be afraid themselves , because the Tree Spirits were so inHuman and so wild and so clearly filled with strange woodland magic that once they had finished with Balor they might very well turn to the two Renascians . |
| 3 | ‘ I should n't really haff talked to a stranger like that , ’ she thought , as she hurried back through the wood , ‘ especially a tramp , but if people drop paper about they really ought to be told , because they get other people into trouble . |
| 4 | Now Canada is where young men hang out when they really ought to be in Vietnam . |
| 5 | joined in too and that they they really ought to be invited to put the s in the frame as well . |
| 6 | As soon as those are published , employers are put on notice that there are steps they really ought to be taking . |
| 7 | These houses , they really ought to be there . |
| 8 | about necessarily taking it , but I think they certainly ought to be made aware of sort of what it involves and and what it really means . |