Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [vb mod] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , yeah there used there used to be one go down , another one used to be coming up . |
| 2 | I used to cut across this it used to be a field on the way home from |
| 3 | If we are sensible it ought to be against San Marino in February . ’ |
| 4 | Well anybody over forty years old it ought to be , it ought to be compulsory ! |
| 5 | There are such awkward critics as Fred Bergsten , of the Institute of International Economics in Washington , who argue that a private-sector induced deficit might actually be more tiresome than the US-style ‘ twin deficits ’ — in public finances and the current account — because however much he deprecates the latter , at least it is clear what ought to be done . |
| 6 | And , further , the equitable doctrine of Conversion operates , treating as done that which ought to be done , to effect a notional conversion in equity of the land into the proceeds of sale . |
| 7 | Well it , when he , she originally wanted him to do plans to make the third bedroom bigger which would of been like an L shaped bedroom |
| 8 | if you were born in the Mediterranean you would of been eating that stuff anyway and you 'd never have , think about it |
| 9 | They used to These they used to be a round used to be round you know and not very used to hit them as you hit them with a stick you see , they used to wheel wheel round and round . |
| 10 | it 's not sticky and if you get it all over you shows how cold it must of been in the night , the butter wo n't spread |
| 11 | That one must of been the day the boys come up from school |
| 12 | I 'll do all I can To be freed of the |
| 13 | Now I 'm like you , you 're like I used to be . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sure you ought to be sitting down , ’ Julia said as soon as the introductions had been made . |
| 15 | And you used to be ab well you used to be able to over the flames of the fire on one side , and then er a saucepan on the other on the in one side with your vegetables in one side , with your potatoes in and then you used to have your oven with a for your meat . |
| 16 | Jean Stubbs does the same for the 60s in Like We Used To Be ( Macmillan , £11.95 ) bringing to life the world of Flower Power and pot , contraception and the Beatles . |
| 17 | That 's right there 's a that used to be an old meadow , that 's all it used to be , course now , they 've got a nice football pitch on it now . |
| 18 | Do n't you remember how good it used to be ? ’ |
| 19 | In the 1970s it used to be said that the British paid themselves more than they really earned . |
| 20 | We used to , twenty eight there used to be two lavatories , madam and gents , you know . |
| 21 | For example , when I first lived alone I used to be in a state of anxiety every time I left the house , for fear that I had forgotten something . |
| 22 | They were to make perambulations , distinguishing between those districts which ought to remain in the forest , and those which ought to be put out . |
| 23 | ‘ It was her life , you see , parties and pretty clothes , and putting them on makes her remember how happy she used to be . |
| 24 | It seems strange that one so cunning and evil can ambitiously vie for a place in our admiration , contend with those who ought to be foremost in our favour , namely God , Adam and Eve , and win a victorious battle in our imagination . |
| 25 | It is the self-designation preferred by those who used to be known as queers , poofs , homos , by those who like to call a spade a bloody shovel . |
| 26 | Nowadays , nobility is on the side of those who used to be called Redmen , hardly surprising to anyone who has read any of the dreadful history of the spread of Europeans across the West . |
| 27 | The ICAEW resolve the problem by choosing an expert from amongst the top 20 – 30 firms , rather than those who used to be called the " big eight " . |
| 28 | The Poor Law had been most effective in forcing all those who could to be self-helping . |
| 29 | Besides , do n't you remember how lonely you used to be on your own ? ’ |
| 30 | No , I think it 's a brown one according to Mary it looked brown it brown one not so bad , I mean if it was erm if it was a grey one would of been a sewer rat ! |