Example sentences of "you [modal v] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Cor , ’ she mocked in her best cockney accent , ‘ kept woman now , Phoebe Petherington , you ought to be ashamed of yourself . ’ |
| 2 | You ought to be writing detective stories ! ’ |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't you think you ought to be asking some ? ’ |
| 5 | You ought to be . |
| 6 | Indeed a major move of some kind seems to be unavoidable if not inevitable now , but once you decide where you ought to be — and more importantly , with whom you want to be — then the world will be your oyster . |
| 7 | You ought to be bloody pleased , this weather . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You ought to be in the team , ’ she said . |
| 9 | You are frightening me ! ’ and of a passer-by who had added , to the astonished Shanti , ‘ You ought to be ashamed of yourself , frightening someone like that . ’ |
| 10 | The girls in the office would say in surprise , ‘ You ought to be shopping ! ’ if I said I had been bird-watching or merely reading in the sunshine . |
| 11 | You do n't fully savour happy/frivolous moments because of a gnawing feeling that you ought to be doing something more worthwhile . |
| 12 | you do n't join in some enjoyable activity because of a gnawing feeling that you ought to be working |
| 13 | ‘ You ought to be an interior decorator , or … ’ |
| 14 | You ought to be able to cope with a small invasion of your privacy now and then . |
| 15 | Anyway , you ought to be grateful to Neil . |
| 16 | ‘ You ought to be meeting more boys your own age , not letches like Bas and the twins . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ My advice is simply be aware ALL the time , not just when you think you ought to be . ’ |
| 19 | They can help to identify which companies you ought to be looking at , they may have a database of relevant information , and if you are looking at information-gathering from a number of companies they can save you time and effort if they do the legwork . |
| 20 | Well , as a very , very rough approximation , you ought to be able to get 3–4 pages of answer out of every page of case study text . |
| 21 | They are not intended to be narrowly restrictive , ‘ only-possible ’ solutions : instead , you should find that they suggest what kinds of factors you ought to be identifying in your analysis , and the range of possible solutions we think are sensible . |
| 22 | ‘ within the hearing or sight of a person ’ This can be proved by observing the reactions of passers-by or persons to whom the insults etc. were directed , e.g. ‘ I saw two old ladies hurry past looking disgusted and saying , ‘ You ought to be locked up ’ ' . |
| 23 | I suppose you 'll be off with them to the theatre again , when you ought to be with Charles . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You ought to be able to see it , if you go up high enough . ’ |
| 25 | You ought to be behind bars , that 's where you ought to be ! |
| 26 | You ought to be behind bars , that 's where you ought to be ! |
| 27 | Astonished , I cried , ‘ Miss Sowerby , you ought to be ashamed of yourself , masquerading under false pretences . |
| 28 | You ought to be stood up against a wall , you ought . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , you cheeky cuss , ’ she said , ‘ I might be poor and 'omeless , but I 'm respectable , I am , and I ai n't goin' to listen to you talkin' about my bottom , you ought to be locked up for even mentioning it . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |