Example sentences of "you [modal v] [to-vb] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I think you ought to put flowers all over him .
2 Here you ought to see puppies .
3 You ought to keep rooms for archaeologists as well as fishermen . ’
4 Well you used to be as cute as they were , you used to watch fingers , you did n't get them rattled .
5 and they would be oh you know , waiting but er it was really funny you used to see couples would order a bedroom suite and you see , what do they want They 're getting married getting married and they 'd they 'd be phoning not ready , not ready , not ready .
6 Remember how you used to despise Outsiders ?
7 You used to give lessons to children , so you say .
8 Comment at length on the strategies you used to overcome difficulties at the grammatical level in particular .
9 No Sat you used to work Fridays and I used to go out , no it were n't Saturday night
10 You you you used to break windows but it was n't done like you see now people , kids s picking up bricks and just breaking a window for the sheer delight of it .
11 And I 'd er went to er we went to You can get you used to get apples .
12 It was dirty and smelly and you used to get spiders and cockroaches : it makes me feel ‘ ergh ’ just to think about it .
13 you used to play darts ?
14 And of course some you used to have points to get sweets and things like that .
15 Defending barrister Thomas Teague told Mr Jones yesterday : ‘ You used to steal things from your foster parents and you used to give them to other children at school .
16 Do everything you can to avoid mishaps by being adequately prepared but ask yourself again — does it really matter ?
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