Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [noun sg] [modal v] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They used to get erm these people on the Election Panel used to be paid a couple of guineas a time for their lectures |
| 2 | Maybe the sponsorship option ought to be considered as a solution to the Kirk 's financial plight . |
| 3 | Peter was the test pilot used to be testing the Harvards over Walsall , and the engines used to make noises like angry wasps which was Walsall people became to know very well . |
| 4 | It seems unlikely that the breakfasts will alter much , but you will have to judge what would be acceptable for the two conferences ( we think that the evening meal ought to be a three course affair with a food cost closer to £2 or so ) . |
| 5 | The fuel consumption ought to be in the high teens/low twenties . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been looking at the basin where the sewage tank used to be . ’ |
| 7 | The water supply used to be drawn from an ancient well , remembered still by one or two of the older residents . |
| 8 | The colour range used to be wide , as in other Scottish cattle , including red-and-white , solid red , dun , dun-and-white , yellow , solid black , blue , grey , grey-and-white , brown-and-white , brindle , white with blue or black on the neck , black riggit ( finchback ) , brockle-faced and even belted . |
| 9 | Manchester MP Tom Pendry says the selection process ought to be tougher next time and based on merit not money . |
| 10 | From there to the Watling Street where the Grove pit used to be , straight the way along go over the railway bridge , you know , it 's the turn , well Grove pit was right in there . |
| 11 | Er this taken from where the signal box used to be , and that 's where the line out to is over there . |
| 12 | Crane driver , television tubes , light bulbs , do you know these bulbs er , they used to come er , we used t they used to be made here , they used to be sent over to Holland and the brass bit used to be put in and the element inside and they used to go over there in cardboard boxes all loose and there used to be hundreds of them broken , they did n't , they did n't worry about it , as long as they , they reckon that as long as they get twenty five percent a hold they were satisfied and they were just in ordinary boxes , no paper in or nothing , just all loose . |
| 13 | Taking into account all the adjustments , we can see that the bank bond ought to be trading at 5.61 lower than or at a yield to maturity of 1.14 per cent higher than the comparable government bond . |
| 14 | Which member of the shadow cabinet used to be a ship 's steward ? |
| 15 | But it 's ‘ The Way Love Used To Be ’ that stands out through an introduction of romance and a gentle , oriental-sounding backward tape loop . |
| 16 | But it 's ‘ The Way Love Used To Be ’ that stands out through an introduction of romance and a gentle , oriental-sounding backward tape loop . |
| 17 | This does not , of course , have any bearing upon whether or not there are such laws of social life to discover or imply that the survey method ought to be abandoned . |
| 18 | Of course , you make sure that Gran is n't about , either : the bathroom door used to be locked until I took the key away … |
| 19 | you know , bits of this and bits of that but there again I think the family service ought to be a lot shorter than it is |
| 20 | In both these cases it was held that the alternative of a manslaughter verdict ought to be left to the jury where the occasion justifies action in self-defence , or to prevent a crime , or to apprehend an offender , but where the defendant acts beyond the necessity of that occasion . |
| 21 | In addition , the marker has responded as master-craftsman to apprentice , so to speak : he knows what a court report ought to be like , and so has helped the pupil-writer towards that understanding , and has directed his attention to the part where the reader was confused . |
| 22 | Firstly , the primary objective for us as a trade union must to be ensure G M B activists , shop stewards and officials all have access to training and computer literacy . |
| 23 | Taking a summer holiday used to be regarded as a luxury that everyone owed to themselves . |
| 24 | Psychologism , through its influence in marriage guidance and churches , and also through its effects in the world of work — in personnel management , for example — is able to link the two spheres in a way religion used to be able to do but can not do any longer . |
| 25 | Arbroath 's south transept even looks as if it has smelt the wind under which it will sail ; it is a tall , bare , one-shouldered hulk with a single blank eye at the high gable top where a rose window used to be . |