Example sentences of "[modal v] to [be] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nowadays I mean I know there never used to be apprenticeships for women but |
| 2 | When I was young , accountants used to be figures of fun . |
| 3 | IN THE dirt-poor villages of northern Thailand , the birth of a son used to be cause for celebration . |
| 4 | Yeah , that girl was saying , apparently there used to be glass in front of that there there used to be a glass cabinet attached to the wall there . |
| 5 | DE VALERA : A man who used to be President Of Ireland before he turned into Jimmy Stewart . |
| 6 | She says it 's less noise , and traffic which used to be nose to tail now flows freely . |
| 7 | If you remember your , from , from your history at school the , the , the first world war the Americans in the historic role of arriving at wars rather late erm came in to the first world war to win it for us erm and after it President Wilson who used to be professor of politics at Princeton , just put that in , er President Wilson created , essentially cos we were all bankrupt at the time as usual er the Americans the only ones who had any money left at the end of the wars , erm President Wilson helped to create the League of Nations , the forerunner of the United Nations but the U S senate refused to ratify the agreement . |
| 8 | There ought to be scope for feedback , a chance for you to express whatever thoughts or concerns you may have at the time . |
| 9 | The spirit of the Rome Treaty would suggest that there ought to be competition between airlines in respect of air fares on scheduled services between member states . |
| 10 | It would have appeared a politically harmless work , if it had not contained a violent attack in the Preface on ‘ the impertinent and ignorant preachers ’ appointed by the Government , ‘ who think all religion is a sermon and all sermons ought to be libels against truth and old Governors , and expound chapters that the meaning may never be understood ’ . |
| 11 | And for so long as the honours system continues in operation , there ought to be recognition of citizenship as a criterion . |
| 12 | Social work help should be provided on a similar basis , and there ought to be continuity of care after discharge . |
| 13 | Incidentally , though Walker is held to be still more than a touch rusty after so long away from rugby — inclined , for instance , to carry the ball under the wrong arm — the rapidity with which he has come into cap contention ought to be food for thought for our own Jamie Henderson . |
| 14 | Erm perhaps also say how urgent a lot of people but perhaps there ought to be sort of changes in planning law er changes indeed which erm this Council has sent messages to government about erm er previously . |