Example sentences of "you [modal v] [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's turning cold , do n't you think you ought to put a jacket on ? |
| 2 | You ought to do an audit of Wag , did n't you . |
| 3 | ‘ But I think you ought to see a psychiatrist . |
| 4 | Well I tell you something , I think you ought to compile a letter together to somebody , and try and sort some it is n't gon na cost you nothing to write a letter ! |
| 5 | You ought to relax a bit , that would be better for both of you . |
| 6 | You ought to show a bit of gratitude , the things I do for you . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ At least you ought to show a bit of gratitude and look about you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You ought to write a book . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You ought to have a holiday . ’ |
| 10 | You ought to have a day off yourself . ’ |
| 11 | Well , without getting too technical about it , I think you ought to have a comma after one because in the erm , y you know , the erm , blurb they gave you on the left hand side , that would apply what you 've learnt on the left hand side . |
| 12 | Perhaps you ought to have a word with the kitchen staff , ’ he said , smiling . |
| 13 | Erm it would seem to me therefore that if we 're working in terms of ticks and crosses , that area likely to meet Gre Greater York needs , you ought to have a tick against all of them . |
| 14 | I mean was this er a possibility that you ought to have a pizza |
| 15 | Esther was saying , returning to the guest list , recalling scores not settled a quarter of a century ago : ‘ Yes , the very man , he 's a something or other in the DES , he 's a very important chap now , you ought to have a go at him , ’ Liz replied , and as she spoke the doorbell rang , and there was the first guest , on the dot of two minutes past nine o'clock , tall , thin , grey , anxious , clutching a bunch of yellow roses , ex-priest turned analyst Joseph O'Toole , standing stranded on the black and white marble tiles , not knowing where to turn , how to divest himself of his coat , to whom to deliver his roses , a lost man , gazing mildly at the unexpected butler , waiting for the arrival of familiar Liz Headleand , who advanced upon him , took the roses , embraced him , restored him , and led him in to Charles , Alix and Esther : a quarter of an hour earlier she had predicted the time of his arrival accurately , to the minute , and now smiled triumphantly as she effected the introductions , a smile of complicity in which Joseph O'Toole , who was acutely aware of his own punctuality problem , was able with a pleasant relief to share . |
| 16 | ‘ You ought to have a pain in your tongue not your leg , then you might not use it so much . ’ |
| 17 | Oh you ought to have a big'un then keep your spare tyre in |
| 18 | ‘ I thought you ought to have a room with a double bed , for when your boyfriend comes to visit you . ’ |
| 19 | Then as her gaze focused unconsciously on the hyacinth-coloured bedspread , she found herself remembering what Silvia had said : ‘ I thought you ought to have a room with a double bed , for when your boyfriend comes to visit you ’ . |
| 20 | You ought to have a quilt for the summer . |
| 21 | ‘ I suppose it 's the sort of thing you ought to have an inkling of . |
| 22 | But , erm , that this is gon na be happening and you ought to have an input . |
| 23 | You ought to get a bonus scheme up just for that . |
| 24 | I should be awfully sorry if you decided you ought to get a job elsewhere where you would be sure of a good future , but I would n't hold it against you . |
| 25 | " Maybe you ought to get an expert to look at the china , " suggested Matthew . |
| 26 | You ought to expect an agency to behave recognizably like a business : if it does not , it is reasonable to expect that it will be unbusinesslike in other respects . |
| 27 | 8 THE FLOPPY DRIVE : You ought to buy a machine with a 3.5-inch floppy drive because most new software comes on 3.5-inch floppy disks . |
| 28 | I can , I can remember the first drawing , you used to draw a house and you |
| 29 | Well it used to be a clothes shop but what you used to call a pawn shop in them days as well . |
| 30 | Yes well you used to scoop your water out with what you used to call a ladle in them days . |