Example sentences of "[vb mod] [prep] be [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've changed all the things that used to be just because they know Like form twos always used to have an end of term leaving party . |
| 2 | And it was a little square thing , about two foot square , with a er and about eight inches deep , tt and you used to put the clothes in , with warm water and your your powder , close the top and you used to have a handle , and Like that there , and you used to be backwards and forwards , like that , , with this paddle going backwards and forwards inside it . |
| 3 | What did the shops used to be like cos you used to have to go to the Old Town did n't you ? |
| 4 | A quarter of trains used to be more than ten minutes late . |
| 5 | A quarter of trains used to be more than ten minutes late . |
| 6 | The scientists who man the climatological observation posts are less cautious than they used to be now that the general theory of climate change has become common property ; government servants are more confident and outspoken ; and , while scepticism remains , no cabinet minister is likely to denounce the theory and the accompanying evidence as hysterical . |
| 7 | It might seem churlish to ask for flavour as well as the chance to save the planet , but it used to be there before the planet needed saving . |
| 8 | But the green smell used to be there and it was strong enough to make me think of English summers when I looked at the sky . |
| 9 | While there may be much to be said for the views expressed in this passage it seems to me with all respect to Wilson J. that she was stating what she thought the law ought to be rather than what it is . |
| 10 | Quite apart from the limitations on law reform in general which such an argument would appear to justify , if the views of the public are of any significance at all in this context , then it must be its view of what the law ought to be rather than what it is . |
| 11 | Its travelling lecturers were required to accept and transmit the proposition that slavery was ‘ a crime in the sight of God and ought to be immediately and forever abolished ’ . |