Example sentences of "you ought have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You ought to have a holiday . ’ |
| 2 | You ought to have a day off yourself . ’ |
| 3 | Well , without getting too technical about it , I think you ought to have a comma after one because in the erm , y you know , the erm , blurb they gave you on the left hand side , that would apply what you 've learnt on the left hand side . |
| 4 | Perhaps you ought to have a word with the kitchen staff , ’ he said , smiling . |
| 5 | Erm it would seem to me therefore that if we 're working in terms of ticks and crosses , that area likely to meet Gre Greater York needs , you ought to have a tick against all of them . |
| 6 | I mean was this er a possibility that you ought to have a pizza |
| 7 | Esther was saying , returning to the guest list , recalling scores not settled a quarter of a century ago : ‘ Yes , the very man , he 's a something or other in the DES , he 's a very important chap now , you ought to have a go at him , ’ Liz replied , and as she spoke the doorbell rang , and there was the first guest , on the dot of two minutes past nine o'clock , tall , thin , grey , anxious , clutching a bunch of yellow roses , ex-priest turned analyst Joseph O'Toole , standing stranded on the black and white marble tiles , not knowing where to turn , how to divest himself of his coat , to whom to deliver his roses , a lost man , gazing mildly at the unexpected butler , waiting for the arrival of familiar Liz Headleand , who advanced upon him , took the roses , embraced him , restored him , and led him in to Charles , Alix and Esther : a quarter of an hour earlier she had predicted the time of his arrival accurately , to the minute , and now smiled triumphantly as she effected the introductions , a smile of complicity in which Joseph O'Toole , who was acutely aware of his own punctuality problem , was able with a pleasant relief to share . |
| 8 | ‘ You ought to have a pain in your tongue not your leg , then you might not use it so much . ’ |
| 9 | Oh you ought to have a big'un then keep your spare tyre in |
| 10 | ‘ I thought you ought to have a room with a double bed , for when your boyfriend comes to visit you . ’ |
| 11 | Then as her gaze focused unconsciously on the hyacinth-coloured bedspread , she found herself remembering what Silvia had said : ‘ I thought you ought to have a room with a double bed , for when your boyfriend comes to visit you ’ . |
| 12 | You ought to have a quilt for the summer . |