Example sentences of "of [noun] [pers pn] [vb mod] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they were like that and then of course they used to be er no washing machines you used to be at these here tubs . |
| 2 | And they used to er have er a film Of course they used to be silent films and then er er had er and there used to be what they call interval . |
| 3 | Yep , I 'd finished the lodging houses , they were rough , my word they were rough , they used to get drunk and fighting , and of course they used to be amusing really they used to get fighting at a lodging house quite close to the dock and after when the windows was smashed , we would find that they 'd been temporarily repaired with a coal sack taken from the coal yard next door , and all that sort of business , and anyhow , nothing particular out of the way happened until three years later of course when we got the general strike , and the strikers used to meet outside the labour institution headquarters in Street . |
| 4 | It 's absolutely the worst type of business we ought to be |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Besides , Britain is still not sure what sort of country it ought to be . |