Example sentences of "you [vb mod] to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 After 16 years you ought to be fluent in the language and , if you make this a priority now , you 'll be enhancing this phase of your life instead of simply waiting for it to pass .
2 You ought to be worrying about girls at your age . ’
3 We were just saying you ought to be good at that .
4 Anyway , you ought to be grateful to Neil .
5 ‘ Cor , ’ she mocked in her best cockney accent , ‘ kept woman now , Phoebe Petherington , you ought to be ashamed of yourself . ’
6 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 . ’
7 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 . ’
8 Astonished , I cried , ‘ Miss Sowerby , you ought to be ashamed of yourself , masquerading under false pretences .
9 You ought to be ashamed of yourselves . "
10 You ought to be ashamed of yourself showin' such a thing to me . ’
11 You ought to be ashamed of yourself .
12 ‘ I do n't think you ought to be embarrassed about me now I 'm here , ’ she said .
13 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 .
14 If we come in , you ought to be kind to him and not ask him to sacrifice his health by taking office . "
15 And you used to be ab well you used to be able to over the flames of the fire on one side , and then er a saucepan on the other on the in one side with your vegetables in one side , with your potatoes in and then you used to have your oven with a for your meat .
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