Example sentences of "that you ought " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And Father thought that you ought to see this . |
| 2 | Last night , while sitting doing my ration of embroidery , I thought of what we had been talking about — the paying guest , and have come to the conclusion that you ought not to undertake such a responsibility as you have had such a difficult time in one way and another with sickness and trouble . |
| 3 | As ever , there is much to be gained from seeking expert advice at an early stage , especially since tax law changes at least as rapidly as employment law and your personal circumstances may also affect the view that you ought to take . |
| 4 | You do n't fully savour happy/frivolous moments because of a gnawing feeling that you ought to be doing something more worthwhile . |
| 5 | you do n't join in some enjoyable activity because of a gnawing feeling that you ought to be working |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It follows that I am not using language properly if I say that you ought to do something , unless I hold by some universal principle from which this prescription follows and all other implications of which I would be prepared to endorse , most notably those which would prescribe under certain circumstances that I do something . |
| 8 | I 've been thinking that you ought to get away from here for a bit , but I do n't quite see how I could leave the hospital just now . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But they have changed in the last few years and there are some quite significant elements about personal allowances that you ought to know about , one of which is independent taxation , and this talk is actually personal allowances and independent taxation . |
| 11 | Well it 's certainly right that you ought to stop anything that makes you feel worse . |
| 12 | I mean was this er a possibility that you ought to have a pizza |
| 13 | And then of course , the other characteristics that go with religion , and that he had emphasized in other books on Totem and Taboo , like guilt , the feeling that you ought to obey the moral commands of the parents , because after all the parents were n't just benevolent entities who looked after you and rewarded you and praised you , but they were your judges and censors as well . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | This is n't to say that you ought not to give such personal undertakings ; on the contrary , unless you have reason to distrust your client , you should be prepared to take this very small risk to facilitate completion . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Any particular drugs that you ought to acquire in readiness for an outbreak here ? ’ |
| 18 | well then of course erm for your Lordships notes that you ought to remember V E X where there was an immunity from national competition law which they were saying oh well we 've got this immunity under national insurance law and national competition law |
| 19 | And I mean , obviously I 'm not saying that you ought to buy it anywhere else |
| 20 | 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 . |