Example sentences of "the [noun sg] we [modal v] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Electric immersion heater , er , ah , oh of course we had an Ideal boiler under there and it , that 's what heated this kitchen actually an Ideal boiler and it heated the water in the winter and also heated the , and in the summer we let that out and had an immersion heater , well being in the electrical trade we had an immersion heater all the time and if we wanted to top up from the boiler we used to just put the immersion heater on for a erm week or so and get hot water and then let it go off in the winter time , you know , but er we have n't made a great deal of alteration to this place really , we 've put a new front door on fairly recently , that was one of the things that er was very ugly , they , the back of the front of the doors to look at , ooh they were ugly doors |
| 2 | This discussion suggests that the question we ought to be asking is not a descriptive one — what is public law ? — but a prescriptive or normative one : when ought public law rules apply ; or , what is the proper scope of public law ? |
| 3 | It may be necessary to create a new identity or to rediscover the person we used to be . |
| 4 | " Unless it 's bolted on the inside we ought to be able to get in with these , " he said . |
| 5 | The fox we used to we used to dig down there and come to the vixen . |
| 6 | Well in the winter we used to like it like that , but in the summer we used to got the old fashioned cooler we used to run over there |
| 7 | The way we used to ! ’ |
| 8 | Why do n't we go back to the way we used to be ? |
| 9 | the way we used to . |