Example sentences of "[conj] you [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Where you ought to be , Me1li . |
| 2 | You see you can , you get a lot , you can get tax relief off that or you used to be able to get tax relief . |
| 3 | You do n't fully savour happy/frivolous moments because of a gnawing feeling that you ought to be doing something more worthwhile . |
| 4 | you do n't join in some enjoyable activity because of a gnawing feeling that you ought to be working |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 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 | 49% of you are more afraid of driving alone in the dark than you used to be . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're much more sensible than you used to be , but your mum ca n't see it , and my mum still thinks I 'm three and a half . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't think Gemma eats as well as these two do , she 's ever so finicky worse than you used to be . |
| 12 | ‘ And so you ought to be , ’ Narcissus continued . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | And it was a little square thing , about two foot square , with a er and about eight inches deep , tt and you used to put the clothes in , with warm water and your your powder , close the top and you used to have a handle , and Like that there , and you used to be backwards and forwards , like that , , with this paddle going backwards and forwards inside it . |
| 18 | And there was catches on the chair and you used to be ab A lad used to stand there and he used to pull a lever and he used to level these catches and the tubs would run off and then as two ran off he 'd let it go and it would catch the empties you see then . |
| 19 | And you used to be ab well you used to be able to over the flames of the fire on one side , and then er a saucepan on the other on the in one side with your vegetables in one side , with your potatoes in and then you used to have your oven with a for your meat . |
| 20 | ‘ You 've changed so much and you used to be such a happy child . |
| 21 | ‘ I wo n't tell anyone , ’ said Gabriel , ‘ but you ought to be wearing a cloak on a night like this . ’ |
| 22 | Bad news that one , but you used to be pretty friendly , did n't you ? ’ |
| 23 | BIRDS do it , bees do it , but you used to be able to watch Emmerdale Farm with your granny and be confident that the cast would n't do it . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I suppose you 'll be off with them to the theatre again , when you ought to be with Charles . ’ |
| 26 | just when you ought to be thinking about something else your pride insists on your memory producing some unimportant thing or other . |
| 27 | She thought she knew what it would be like to find yourself in Boston when you ought to be in Chicago . |
| 28 | 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 . ’ |
| 29 | But it seems a shame not to challenge yourself because other people say you 're not as good as you used to be . |