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You ought to have heard him recite poetry — his own, too, it was, he told me.
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You ought not to act thus, who profess to follow the law of God, and punish others to prevent men acting in this unlawful manner.
The note contained the phrases " I did what I was supposed to do " and " You ought to be very proud, because it is an honor and you will see the result ( s ) and everybody will be happy ".
You ought to be a great reader and become acquainted with the literature of many countries and cultures.
Patriotic music hall compositions like Keep the Home Fires Burning ( 1914 ), Pack up Your Troubles ( 1915 ), It's a Long Way to Tipperary ( 1914 ) and We Don't Want to Lose You ( but we think you ought to Go ), were sung by music hall audiences, and sometimes by soldiers in the trenches.
Elisabet is heard to say " You ought to go to bed, or you'll fall asleep at the table ", but Alma dismisses it as a dream.
" Ellington told Louie, ' You ought to do a sacred concert of your own ' and so it was ," Mrs. B. said, adding, "' The Sacred Music of Louie Bellson ' combines symphony, big band and choir, while ' The Jazz Ballet ' is based on the vows of Holy Matrimony ...."
You are thinking of Parmenio, and I of Alexander — i. e., you are thinking what you ought to receive, and I what I ought to give ; you are thinking of those castigated, rewarded, or gifted ; but I of my own position, and what punishment, reward, or gift is consistent with my rank.
Right in front of Brooks Brothers on 44th Street, he says, “ You ought to know this ; I ’ m dating Melanie .” He was dating the woman who ran the venture capital company, which is kind of a conflict.
Contrary to popular opinion prescriptivity does not just describe or categorize decisions for example ; " You ought to do this " ( used evaluatively ) logically entails the imperative " Do this.
The next day Burke wrote to Fitzwilliam: " You are to judge, whether you ought to come down and make your Protest against this shameful and ruinous Business.
" You don ’ t quite understand it all but you know that tonight is when what ought to be must be brought about ," Elesin tells Pilkings.
You and have
`` You have every right to be '', I replied gravely in the Manu dialect, but my attention was fixed on Brassnose, the biggest and strongest of us.
You never heard nothin' like it: Kitty's gonna go have an abortion, and Kitty's gonna go away to a convent, and Kitty's this and Kitty's that like he was nuts or somethin', y'know ''??
`` You could come down to the office once a day, look over a few exchanges, dictate an editorial, and then have the remainder of your time for your more serious literary labors.
You may do well to take notice, that besides the title to land between the English and the Indians there, there are twelve of the English that have subscribed their names to horrible and detestable blasphemies, who are rather to be judged as blasphemous than they should delude us by winning time under pretence of arbitration ''.
when the pope, trying no doubt to appeal to his better nature, said to him, `` You have already taken Normandy.
You have on more than one occasion praised the idea of a televised press conference and the chance it gives the people to form intelligent opinions.
You wouldn't have me throw the poor boy out on the street '', Eileen said when I needled her about it.
You have heard him tell these young people that during his almost 50 years of service in the Congress he has seen the Kaisers and the Hitlers and the Mussolinis, the Tojos and Stalins and Khrushchevs, come and go and that we are passing on to them the freest Nation that mankind has ever known.
You should have a couple of training partners to stand by when you make your first experiments just for safety.
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