Example sentences of "[is] [Wh adv] [pron] [modal v] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet we do have rough-and-ready scales of value ; certain impulses regularly win out over others and , if the toss is there to be argued over , we will claim that this is how it ought to be . |
| 2 | If , if one turned up with a dirty one they have to buy the beer that 's how they used to be . |
| 3 | And maybe that 's how it used to be — but the person you are today is far removed and different from the individual you were a year or so ago . |
| 4 | And erm that 's how it used to be so o obviously you had to pay like that but er I can remember the the Coop coming to . |
| 5 | And the junior school would sit on the floor in the front and that 's how it used to be arranged . |
| 6 | That 's how it used to be years ago . |
| 7 | That 's how it used to be though |
| 8 | That 's how I used to be until I had my brain overhaused last year . |
| 9 | From the , from the pool , see there used to be a , there used to be a pool , near lock gates , that 's where they used to be . |
| 10 | I think it 's where we ought to be going . |
| 11 | That 's where we ought to be . |
| 12 | I think that we have a very butch attitude , I think the government has a very butch attitude quite honestly , er to , you know , you 've got to er stand up there and help yourself , and I suppose I 'm all for that , but you 've got to have something to help yourself with , and I think that 's where we ought to be aiming and I 'm very glad that the world 's leaders are heading straight in that direction . . |
| 13 | He used t he used t he used to take about half a dozen bottles of beer on the Saturday morning with him and that 's where he used to be in his , in his galley and he would n't move out that galley all the time . |
| 14 | You ought to be behind bars , that 's where you ought to be ! |