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

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1 If you devote several years of your life to a subject , you ought to be reasonably sure that you 'll enjoy it .
2 Recorder Louis Lawton told him : ‘ You ought to be bitterly ashamed of yourself .
3 You ought to be bloody pleased , this weather . ’
4 Although you may be perfectly entitled to take others to task and even issue a number of ultimatums , you ought to be more concerned with plans designed to give you the kind of personal or professional recognition you seek and deserve .
5 You ought to be very careful with living on your own Don you could break an ankle and you 'd be in real serious trouble
6 However , with polo you ought to be all right .
7 Bad news that one , but you used to be pretty friendly , did n't you ? ’
8 You used to be so good at that .
9 Well you used to be as cute as they were , you used to watch fingers , you did n't get them rattled .
10 You used to be more fastidious , used to be above servants — ‘ We must not exploit them , ’ you told Hector once — how we laughed over that ! ’
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