Example sentences of "what you ought " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No injury but that of not doing what you ought ; you will destroy the man of fidelity in you , the man of honour , the man of decent behaviour . |
| 2 | That 's what you ought to do . |
| 3 | ‘ prisoner at the Bar , I will tell you what you ought to have done , and if you say you did not know , I will tell you that the Law conclusively presumes that you did . |
| 4 | Now this comes into sort of preparing what you ought to have ready when you 're about to make your will . |
| 5 | " Thank God there has n't is what you ought to say . " |
| 6 | PAMELA : I can not say what you ought to do , but only beg you will not ruin me and if you think me virtuous let me go to my poor parents . |
| 7 | He told Took about a consultation he had had with a doctor , who told him : ‘ What you ought to do is to get yourself a retired petty officer to look after you . ’ |
| 8 | What sort of , erm , pressure or involvement or leadership ought to be given , or wh , yeah , what pressure ought to be put on the business sector , in order that it should sort of , conform conform is not a very good word , in order , it 's ability to contribute to the voluntary sector , and engage with it , should not be based upon individual and enlightened examples , such as I B M's , but should pull upwards the rest of the business sector , in other words , should N C V O actually says to the business sector as a whole , look , we think globally this is what you ought to be doing . |
| 9 | ‘ What you ought to do is teach these girls some manners , ’ the American muttered crossly . |
| 10 | well she did have one it , she 's had an operation , but er , I , she manages to go to the post on a Sunday afternoon , she must write to her sister in Australia , which makes a little round trip , a bit of exercise that 's what you ought to do more of |
| 11 | Do you know what you ought to do ? |
| 12 | What you ought to do was to said to him give me a deposit |
| 13 | That 's what you ought to do |