Example sentences of "you [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ You ought to , you know ; I 'll show you how afterwards . ’ |
| 32 | You ought to be writing detective stories ! ’ |
| 33 | ‘ Well you ought to , ’ Frau Nordern flashed , then , realising the oddity of the remark , retracted . |
| 34 | ‘ You ought to of seen his face . |
| 35 | Having explained that his Communism was an aspect of his campaign for black equality he thundered at the committee : ‘ You are the non-patriots , you are the UnAmericans and you ought to be ashamed of yourselves . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ Do n't you think you ought to be asking some ? ’ |
| 37 | You ought to be . |
| 38 | Indeed a major move of some kind seems to be unavoidable if not inevitable now , but once you decide where you ought to be — and more importantly , with whom you want to be — then the world will be your oyster . |
| 39 | You ought to be bloody pleased , this weather . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ You ought to be in the team , ’ she said . |
| 41 | You are frightening me ! ’ and of a passer-by who had added , to the astonished Shanti , ‘ You ought to be ashamed of yourself , frightening someone like that . ’ |
| 42 | The girls in the office would say in surprise , ‘ You ought to be shopping ! ’ if I said I had been bird-watching or merely reading in the sunshine . |
| 43 | You do n't fully savour happy/frivolous moments because of a gnawing feeling that you ought to be doing something more worthwhile . |
| 44 | you do n't join in some enjoyable activity because of a gnawing feeling that you ought to be working |
| 45 | ‘ You ought to be an interior decorator , or … ’ |
| 46 | You ought to be able to cope with a small invasion of your privacy now and then . |
| 47 | Anyway , you ought to be grateful to Neil . |
| 48 | ‘ You ought to be meeting more boys your own age , not letches like Bas and the twins . |
| 49 | I have to acknowledge too that since you ought to be aware from your fellow 's viewpoints and incline towards their benefit as well as your own , and ought also to be aware that individuals can not benefit themselves or each other by community without agreeing on common rules , the rules you follow in acting towards your fellows should be those of your community and not of mine . |
| 50 | ‘ My advice is simply be aware ALL the time , not just when you think you ought to be . ’ |
| 51 | They can help to identify which companies you ought to be looking at , they may have a database of relevant information , and if you are looking at information-gathering from a number of companies they can save you time and effort if they do the legwork . |
| 52 | Well , as a very , very rough approximation , you ought to be able to get 3–4 pages of answer out of every page of case study text . |
| 53 | They are not intended to be narrowly restrictive , ‘ only-possible ’ solutions : instead , you should find that they suggest what kinds of factors you ought to be identifying in your analysis , and the range of possible solutions we think are sensible . |
| 54 | ‘ within the hearing or sight of a person ’ This can be proved by observing the reactions of passers-by or persons to whom the insults etc. were directed , e.g. ‘ I saw two old ladies hurry past looking disgusted and saying , ‘ You ought to be locked up ’ ' . |
| 55 | You ought to . |
| 56 | I suppose you 'll be off with them to the theatre again , when you ought to be with Charles . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ You ought to be able to see it , if you go up high enough . ’ |
| 58 | You ought to be behind bars , that 's where you ought to be ! |
| 59 | You ought to be behind bars , that 's where you ought to be ! |
| 60 | Astonished , I cried , ‘ Miss Sowerby , you ought to be ashamed of yourself , masquerading under false pretences . |