Example sentences of "[pron] ought to be " in BNC.
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31 | He behaves exactly as if I ought to be ashamed . |
32 | You think that because I can sometimes see what 's trivial and what 's important in art I ought to be more virtuous . |
33 | Marianne is me ; Eleanor is me as I ought to be . |
34 | I ought to be there . |
35 | ’ — And if I am to be a great Kha-Khan , I ought to be able to recognise when I am being told the truth . ’ |
36 | My husband told me I ought to be getting out more , so my friend and I began to go out once a fortnight . |
37 | " If you do n't want me any longer I ought to be on my way to the hospital . |
38 | Well perhaps this is a good time just to take stock and to say I know that I 'm not all that I should be and all that I ought to be , but by this time next year I 'm going to be a bit better than I am just now , in spiritual terms . |
39 | I ought to be in bed , he thought , not worrying myself about such things . |
40 | That 's what I ought to be doing . |
41 | I ought to be on holiday , but I was n't : this was merely a brief interlude before I had to report to that wretched banker and enmesh myself in a host of false relationships in the Ingard office , to try to discover — what ? |
42 | Now , if you 'll let me get to work while there 's still light , I ought to be able to confirm what I suspected when I first saw her — ’ He paused , bending over the body , a long hardwood implement in his hand . |
43 | ‘ In fact , ’ her father cut in , ‘ if anything , I ought to be asking you to make sure that you do n't antagonise him . |
44 | But instead he told her , ‘ You 're right , I ought to be . |
45 | I ought to be married with half a dozen kids of my own . |
46 | ‘ Thanks , although I suppose I ought to be thankful it was n't a kiwi you likened me to . ’ |
47 | Sometimes then I was a bit embarrassed by it , because I thought I ought to be a little more revolutionary , but I 've always completely loathed violence and bloodshed and every time I dived into Marxism all I could think of was Lenin shooting the anarchists . |
48 | Look , thanks for rescuing me , but if you do n't mind I think I ought to be going . |
49 | If I 'm not bothered , I ought to be able to get going . |
50 | I ought to be the one to go . |
51 | I figured I ought to be the person to make her grow , but I just did n't know how . |
52 | I felt I ought to be thinking something momentous . |
53 | ‘ I suppose I ought to be making tracks as well , ’ said the classics don . |
54 | I guess I ought to be more honest about this because my daughter wrote me after her mother 's funeral and said she 'd guessed what had happened anyway . |
55 | ‘ I ought to be able to handle him on my own , Willi . ’ |
56 | Erm I think I ought to be brief on this . |
57 | ‘ I feel I ought to be making it . ’ |
58 | Paige loves to play games , and sometimes I 'm not as sharp as I ought to be . |
59 | ‘ Because I 'm here , Shelley , when I ought to be tucked up at home . |
60 | I ought to be worried . |