Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] [modal v] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps because I was hot-tempered at times , I became what used to be called a ‘ natural ’ as a boxer . |
| 2 | ‘ I mean they used to be taller . |
| 3 | Yeah well come on I mean we ought to be able to be a little bit more creative than that . |
| 4 | Erm I think I mean we ought to be doing more with the local Friends of the Earth and local Greenpeace I feel . |
| 5 | But I mean it used to be every day |
| 6 | and I mean it used to be the fact , oh god well we 've got to sort of have dinner at twelve o'clock , we 've got to be round there by four . |
| 7 | stick tea bag in it now , cos I mean it used to be tea did n't it , all at one time ? |
| 8 | No , it 's it 's erm it 's somebody who , all they do is write your answers for you but dictated I m if you 've ever been an em especially I mean I used to be I usually end up doing the amanuensing for courses that I 've taught on students on my paper . |
| 9 | I mean you used to be able to go ah ! |
| 10 | I mean there ought to be many more people on the right side , as it were , rather than the wrong side . |
| 11 | I mean there ought to be someone who can make a lead for us in house , that sort of thing , which we do n't have at the moment , because we 've got things like complicated split leads for rigging up two monitors , and we 've had those twice we 've had those made , outside , but they only need to get sort of broken , and we 're back to square one . |
| 12 | I mean there used to be a tram , trams running along the Southchurch Road |
| 13 | I mean at that time say perhaps go in the pub the or the or the , I mean there used to be so many pubs round the er , the dock area then , I mean you take the , and erm then there used to be the erm there was all them pubs round the dock then , noth one or two more but I ca n't re oh the was another one . |
| 14 | With petit mal , the small fit , it used to called vaguely , you could talk to somebody and then go on nattering away and then suddenly the person would switch off and then just stare and then after a while they come back and talk to you and it 's , they pick up exactly where they 've left off , so as I say it used to be called day dreaming , now that 's the low end of the scale , now we go to the other end of the scale and remember please that there 's no set type for an epileptic , anybody , anywhere , any age at any time can have an epileptic fit , you do n't have to be that type , do n't . |
| 15 | When I came it used to be a very old building which belonged to British Legion club previously and er Sikhs bought from them . |
| 16 | I know I ought to be different , but there it is . |
| 17 | I know she used to be like that with me |
| 18 | I figured I ought to be the person to make her grow , but I just did n't know how . |
| 19 | I remember I used to be a horror . ’ |
| 20 | He says that 's what you want but I said yeah but there ai n't no bloody fit I reckon it ought to be them on legs maybe . |
| 21 | I reckon it ought to be compulsory that . |
| 22 | I believe she used to be so reluctant about marrying people because marriage is important to her , she 's only been waiting for the right one . ’ |
| 23 | I guess I ought to be more honest about this because my daughter wrote me after her mother 's funeral and said she 'd guessed what had happened anyway . |
| 24 | ‘ I suppose we ought to be grateful to Eleanor , ’ she said wryly . |
| 25 | ‘ But I suppose we ought to be sensible and try to get some sleep , ’ she added reluctantly . |
| 26 | ‘ Thanks , although I suppose I ought to be thankful it was n't a kiwi you likened me to . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I suppose I ought to be making tracks as well , ’ said the classics don . |
| 28 | I feel we ought to be able to give you a better idea of the performance of different planning authorities . |
| 29 | I feel I ought to be nice to them wherever possible . |
| 30 | ‘ I feel I ought to be making it . ’ |