Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [pron] [vb mod] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , for centuries it used to be thought that even if a woman expressed her lack of consent in every way within her power , if she conceived as a result of the intercourse , she must in fact have consented . |
| 2 | And er and then there used to be some houses what er we did n't live in one of them but there used to be a lot of houses what used to be railings round , and there used to be steps and you 'd go down the steps , into the And they used to c they used to live downstairs and then well of course when you 're in the house in the side the room they used to have another flight of steps to come upstairs to a l a front room or a lounge or whatever you mind to call it . |
| 3 | I affirm it to have been a fine active stock of books which ought to be available in any good library service … |
| 4 | Chicherin believed not only that serfdom was immoral but also that it was acting as a brake on the economy , that it could not be justified as a bastion against pauperism , and finally — a somewhat unusual argument — that it entailed the improper transference to the gentry of responsibilities which ought to be exercised by the state . |
| 5 | Its a , during the course of the time of the crucifixion , Jesus is on the cross and its says there , there were two others also who were criminals , were being lead away to be put to death with Jesus and they came to the place called The Skull , there they crucified him and the criminals one on the right and the other on the left , but Jesus was saying father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing , and they cast locks divided up his garments among themselves and the people stood by and looking on and even the rulers was sneering at him excuse me , and even the rulers were sneering at him saying he saved others , let him save himself if this is the Christ of god , his chosen one , and the soldiers also mocked him , coming up to him offering sour wine and saying if your the king of the Jews save yourself now there was also an inscription above him , this is the kind of the Jews , and one of the criminals who was hanged there was hurling abut at him and saying you are not the Christ , save yourself and us , but the other answered and rebuking him said do you not even fear god , since you are under the same sentence of condemnation and we indeed justly for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds , but this man has done nothing wrong and he was say , and he was saying Jesus remember me when you come in your kingdom , Jesus said to him truly I say to you today you shall be with me in paradise I wonder if you 've ever been in that awful position of facing of what you thought was certain death perhaps you were seriously ill and er , there seemed little hope of your recovery , perhaps you were facing some danger , some , some risk and it seemed almost certain that short of a miracle you were gon na die , I wonder what sort of thoughts would have been going through your mind , maybe w , may well be that you were with other people , I wonder what sort of things if you were in a condition of speaking , what sort of things you would of been saying to them . |
| 6 | Now in this particular period if you were looking at these figures just like this , what would be your automatic reaction in terms of the type of holidays we ought to be providing ? |
| 7 | They are not intended to be narrowly restrictive , ‘ only-possible ’ solutions : instead , you should find that they suggest what kinds of factors you ought to be identifying in your analysis , and the range of possible solutions we think are sensible . |
| 8 | And it 's a very different matter if you can start tracing sexual spider 's webs that link fabulous-looking women with men who ought to be unrelated : secretaries of state on the one hand and ( say ) drug-dealers , gun-runners , con-men , terrorists or Russian spies on the other . |
| 9 | What are the report , what , what 's in clauses what used to be thirty seven and thirty eight ? |
| 10 | When this is translated into personal terms , it means among other things that at some point in his or her career a teacher will have to look at its pattern and will have to pay attention to changes which ought to be made in his or her work-role . |
| 11 | But that 's his ‘ sic ’ , not mine — I deny all responsibility — so by rights it ought to be in square brackets instead . |