Examples of 'he ought to have' in a sentence

Meaning of "he ought to have"

This phrase is used to express a missed opportunity or regret. It implies that someone should have done something in the past, but they didn't

How to use "he ought to have" in a sentence

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he ought to have
He ought to have the screws put to him.
I chose him because he ought to have a chance.
He ought to have it took away from him.
It was from a place where he ought to have stood.
He ought to have had the fire lit.
He thought that he ought to have been consulted.
He ought to have been one of those actor men.
A good memory is what he ought to have.
I think he ought to have something to show for it.
That he had not been treated quite as he ought to have been.
He ought to have suspected that fortunes were not.
I will tell the captain he ought to have known better.
He ought to have the best we can give.
I just decided that he ought to have a few more seconds.
He ought to have known better than that.

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This is evidence which he ought to have given much earlier.
He ought to have been called square with a club.
The man was there talking when he ought to have been dead.
He ought to have been learning the scrap business.
He himself said that He ought to have died.
He ought to have known these things before.
But Wimmer was doing exactly what he ought to have been doing.
He ought to have desisted from this project.
Therefore it seems that He ought to have lived constantly with them.
He ought to have his wardrobe cleaned and burned.
If Tartlet was not a Frenchman he ought to have been one.
And he ought to have a fireplace to hang it on.
With a name like that . he ought to have freckles.
Thought he ought to have a little taste of the action.
And do not we think he ought to have one too?
He ought to have his nose yanked through a keyhole.
Do not you think he ought to have accident insurance?
He ought to have been back long ago.
The figure increased daily, he ought to have been delighted.
Then he ought to have driven the herd here.
As usual, he was speaking when he ought to have been listening.
He ought to have his neck wrung.
For that price, he ought to have his own car.
He ought to have arrived home by now.
If he has it no longer, he ought to have it.
Maybe he ought to have a little brandy.
Not the best known of our prime ministers, but he ought to have been.
He ought to have something to show for it.
You broke his nose, he ought to have something to show for it.
He ought to have made allowances for his age.
With a name like that, he ought to have him some freckles.
He ought to have been dead ages ago.
According to the smiths outside, he ought to have reacted immediately to the intrusion.
He ought to have had a chance to growed up.
He complied at once ; his friends thought that he ought to have sat it out.

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