You should have been here last night when they brought back the DP's to the
mines," said Yates. (Heym).
She ought to have known that the whole subject was too dangerous to discuss at night. (Galsworthy) I know that I was weak in yielding to my mother's will. I should not have done so. (London) She had no nerves; he ought never to have married a woman eighteen years younger than himself. (Galsworthy) N o t e . The Past Indefinite Passive of the verb to suppose (was/were supposed to) means much the same as should or ought used with the Perfect Infinitive. The policeman was supposed to make a report about the burglary. (He did not make the report.) You should be more careful. (London) — Вам следует быть осторожнее. You ought to have Warmson to sleep in the house. (Galsworthy) — Нужно было бы, чтобы Уормсон спал у вас в доме.