Example sentences of "[conj] you ought to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Where you ought to be , Me1li . |
| 2 | You do n't fully savour happy/frivolous moments because of a gnawing feeling that you ought to be doing something more worthwhile . |
| 3 | you do n't join in some enjoyable activity because of a gnawing feeling that you ought to be working |
| 4 | He once remarked that good prose is like a window-pane , meaning that you ought to be able to see through it without seeing it ; and anyone who has ever tried to write prose like that , or to see human creatures in life or fiction like Waugh 's early fictional characters , will know how much clutter of mind and words needs first to be cleared away . |
| 5 | I have no right and you have been very generous , Fred , Uncle Steve and the boys and Gertie ca n't understand why you did n't come here with us , Gert only said this morning that you ought to be here , your place is with us , but do n't think I am not grateful . |
| 6 | the point about membership is that you ought to be able to comment on those suggestions of change and get involved with them on a broad basis . |
| 7 | Basically they 're just telling the Party to consider the demands of the peasants and do what the peasants want but then er then in the first paragraph they say that you ought to erm they ought to support the masses in their erm implementation of agrarian reform , you have to give them planned guidance so it 's almost that how they 're telling the cadres to go out there and almost manipulate the peasants demands into more of a communist one . |
| 8 | The erm but most of us are when yo , when you first join something you can always see the things that you ought to be able to change . |
| 9 | If your eyes are always on your party political opponent , or ministerial colleague and rival , you may be paying less attention than you ought to what Hollywood , IBM and Fujitsu are doing . |
| 10 | ‘ And so you ought to be , ’ Narcissus continued . |
| 11 | Do n't say I 'll give you a bit of my advice on a lead , because er you have n't had the call so you ought to be on your best level . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | So it 's , if you 're in , you 've still got to think about security and you ought to be locking your doors , if you can . |
| 14 | In turn , we press our point and say , ‘ But it 's a cow , and this is a very simple word , and you ought to be able to understand it . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I wo n't tell anyone , ’ said Gabriel , ‘ but you ought to be wearing a cloak on a night like this . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't know , sir , but you ought to . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I suppose you 'll be off with them to the theatre again , when you ought to be with Charles . ’ |
| 19 | just when you ought to be thinking about something else your pride insists on your memory producing some unimportant thing or other . |
| 20 | She thought she knew what it would be like to find yourself in Boston when you ought to be in Chicago . |
| 21 | When she just gazed at him , he said patiently , ‘ I 've paid the agreed price , so tell me why , when you ought to be jubilant , you 're so obviously sad . ’ |