Example sentences of "[pron] ought to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thanks , although I suppose I ought to be thankful it was n't a kiwi you likened me to . ’ |
| 2 | I ought to be pleased . |
| 3 | I ought to be married with half a dozen kids of my own . |
| 4 | I found myself thinking affectionately that I ought to be straightforward with him ; the English liked that . |
| 5 | I feel I ought to be nice to them wherever possible . |
| 6 | I know I ought to be different , but there it is . |
| 7 | It was so funny — as I walked along , rather disconsolate in the rain , at midday , I suddenly recollected it was Mayday , & knowing I ought to be bright & rejoicing I forthwith was so , at least for a time . |
| 8 | He behaves exactly as if I ought to be ashamed . |
| 9 | I ought to be worried . |
| 10 | Yeah well Lucy thinks I ought to be horrible to them but well |
| 11 | In general I shall recognize what is , not what ought to be ; but certainly I ought to be aware of what I am trying to do , why I want it , how to do it , whether it can be done . |
| 12 | Accordingly I ought to be able to say that at this stage his comments seem to me beside the point , or more exactly in excess of it . |
| 13 | You know , I ought to be able to order one of you to do this shadow nonsense . ’ |
| 14 | And as I become … and as I remain … more relaxed … and less tense each day … so I will develop much more confidence in myself … more confidence in my ability to do … not only what I have to do each day … more confidence in my ability to do whatever I ought to be able to do … without fear of failure … without fear of consequences … without unnecessary anxiety … without uneasiness . |
| 15 | I ought to be able to refer to the experience directly , and not only indirectly . |
| 16 | To which he , Wittgenstein , replies , ‘ But if it meant that , then I ought to know it , I ought to be able to refer to the experience directly , and not only indirectly . |
| 17 | ‘ I ought to be able to sort this out on my own . ’ |
| 18 | ’ — And if I am to be a great Kha-Khan , I ought to be able to recognise when I am being told the truth . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | If I 'm not bothered , I ought to be able to get going . |
| 21 | ‘ I ought to be able to handle him on my own , Willi . ’ |
| 22 | So I ought to be able to work out the difference between them . |
| 23 | Erm I think I ought to be brief on this . |
| 24 | The argument advanced here is that insider dealing is the sort of conduct which ought to be criminal . |
| 25 | I affirm it to have been a fine active stock of books which ought to be available in any good library service … |
| 26 | In summary , we can say that public law rules and principles ( including the rules of judicial review ) ought to apply to the exercise ( or non-exercise ) of public functions ; and that public functions are functions which ought to be subject to public law controls . |
| 27 | The vast and highly mechanized modern industry of printing , which can be found in every town and city in the kingdom , has been dispersed during five hundred years from this one spot which ought to be holy ground to the industrialist as well as the Christian . |
| 28 | The keys were rather dirty and the ribbon wearing out , which is why the letters which ought to be open , like the ‘ e ’ and the ‘ a ’ , are n't giving sharp outlines . |
| 29 | Strength of character and a confident decisiveness were implicit in the hardness of that darkly handsome face , and while the curve of his lower lip was disturbingly sensual , there was a fastidiousness there too which ought to be reassuring . |
| 30 | The question was thoroughly investigated by Johnson ( 1919 ) , who showed that the processes should result in differences in offshore profiles , which ought to be detectable in actual examples . |