Example sentences of "[be] what [pron] [vb mod] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ First , I thought French was a chic language , ’ he explained , ‘ and then you know , I saw all those photos of Germany before the war and I thought life would never be what it used to be . |
| 2 | But even though nostalgia may not be what it used to be , even for these people there are good reasons for staying in touch . |
| 3 | ‘ Yeah — Mum , I told you , did n't I — ’ Cal suddenly got excited — ‘ it 's because Bina 's not allowing herself to be what she ought to be ! |
| 4 | No doubt our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be ; for all that , it felt like a step forward — and upward . |
| 5 | That 's what it used to be . |
| 6 | Okay , next , okay a rather odd looking form , erm , multi-purpose memo form , that erm , well that 's what it used to be . |
| 7 | That 's what I ought to be doing . |
| 8 | a lot about it and sha n't be , frankly I 'm relieved I do n't actually know a lot but when the meeting to discuss what we 're supposed to do is on December tenth yo so I 'm a bit torn cos I in a way that 's what I ought to be doing even though the welfare business in a way that 's wh that 's what I ought to be doing cos it 's entirely . |
| 9 | a lot about it and sha n't be , frankly I 'm relieved I do n't actually know a lot but when the meeting to discuss what we 're supposed to do is on December tenth yo so I 'm a bit torn cos I in a way that 's what I ought to be doing even though the welfare business in a way that 's wh that 's what I ought to be doing cos it 's entirely . |
| 10 | And the non-practitioners say , look , wait a minute , this is what we ought to be doing . |
| 11 | You want you say your mid- thirties erm er to sort of campaign with but I think we really , this is what we used to be , a campaigning movement and this is what we are no longer . |
| 12 | The minister could never say to the board , ‘ right , now you have a logical remit , go away and fulfil it and so long as your rate of return is what it ought to be , we will not interfere ’ ( SCNI 1968 : 431 , 434–6 ) . |
| 13 | Which is what it used to be of course is n't it ? |
| 14 | What sort of , erm , pressure or involvement or leadership ought to be given , or wh , yeah , what pressure ought to be put on the business sector , in order that it should sort of , conform conform is not a very good word , in order , it 's ability to contribute to the voluntary sector , and engage with it , should not be based upon individual and enlightened examples , such as I B M's , but should pull upwards the rest of the business sector , in other words , should N C V O actually says to the business sector as a whole , look , we think globally this is what you ought to be doing . |