Example sentences of "you [adv] [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You always used to be a lot quicker than this , Jessamy . ’ |
| 2 | Instead of having to come home from work and worry about wrapping up the Christmas presents , or writing letters to friends , or having a long conversation with someone in the family who needs a bit of support , and fitting all that in after the children have gone to bed and the supper 's been washed up and you really ought to be reading papers for tomorrow 's meeting , I know I have a chunk of time when I can get on with doing all that . |
| 3 | And another thing , you really ought to be venturing further afield ; travelling or doing something more challenging now and therefore perhaps you need a gentle prod to remind you that life is only , after all , what you make it . |
| 4 | You really ought to be wearing a ring , Lucinda . |
| 5 | One megabyte is totally inadequate for running Windows ( version 3.1 requires a minimum of 2Mb ) and you really ought to be thinking about slamming in the RAM . |
| 6 | doing it Roger is that we sit here and we say to our clients , ah but you really ought to be coming to us because we 're railway experts . |
| 7 | You even used to be able to bring them here with you . |
| 8 | YOU NEVER USED TO BE SO SELF-CRITICAL , CAPTAIN . |
| 9 | And you were n't you see you actually used to be interesting when you were talking and sit complete miserable bastard like Patrick does . |