Example sentences of "[adv] what [pers pn] [modal v] to be " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | With that as the background , it is the time for a deep study of the philosophy underlying the system — to determine afresh what we ought to be seeking to achieve , to examine how far and in what manner the results of our present practice fall short , and to sift new ideas in order to judge which of them appear both constructive and practicable in operation . |
| 2 | Of course that is just what it used to be for before the invasion of the television and the mobile office . |
| 3 | no listen right you should copy these cos when you 're like older you 're gon na want to erm listen to what you used to say and like what it used to be like and you 've got |
| 4 | WHERE was the judgment in paying Derby a record £5.1 million for Dean Saunders and Mark Wright only to discover that Saunders does n't fit with Ian Rush and Wright is n't quite what he used to be ? |
| 5 | ‘ It is , of course , precisely what he ought to be seeing , ’ he agreed , reluctantly . |