Example sentences of "ought to have be [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It is very easy to get involved in discussing whether Olive ought to have been given some knowledge of French wines before George moved , or perhaps persuaded to move to the city along with him . |
2 | Since Holyfield took over and made grandad-bashing respectable on the heavyweight scene , those young lions who ought to have been clawing each other for the right to depose and expose him have been harmlessly shadow boxing around each other . |
3 | Ms Harris ought to have been preaching this to her clients and taking note of it herself . |
4 | Therefore in Daniels v. White it would seem that the employer ( the defendant ) ought to have been held liable . |
5 | Yet the expectation has persisted that Handel ought to have been shown next to some larger and more recognizably worthy instrument . |