Example sentences of "be [conj] [pron] [modal v] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said never been and I used to be going like this to you . |
| 2 | Okay , but why do we get the , the main thrust of erm , to the economic argument seems to be that we ought to be liberalizing , we ought to be facing that erm , that problem . |
| 3 | ‘ But I wanted it all to be as it used to be so I said I 'd rather do it myself . ’ |
| 4 | The perception of the problem will differ , depending on such things as the views and experiences of individuals , and their beliefs about what is or what ought to be . |
| 5 | ‘ All I know is that we ought to be up in that tower , plannin' how we get back to our own lines , and not wastin' any more time quarrellin' down ‘ ere . ’ |
| 6 | One theory is that there used to be a group of cattle to the west of the Pennines and in the south west known loosely as the Red Wessex . |
| 7 | ‘ And another thing that 's changed is that I used to be wary of getting into certain types of music , for fear they would show up in my playing ; these days , though , I figure that listening to just about anything is cool . |
| 8 | the point about membership is that you ought to be able to comment on those suggestions of change and get involved with them on a broad basis . |
| 9 | What I 'm suggesting is that it ought to be possible to design an inner northern relief road with an appropriate junction and with appropriate traffic managements in the centre of Harrogate so that you can encourage a significant proportion of the traffic that would otherwise have used the western relief road to divert to the southern bypass and inner relief road . |
| 10 | ‘ The great thing about pop music in the past is that it used to be about pushing everything . |
| 11 | ‘ I think it 's because he used to be a sort of friend . ’ |
| 12 | Peavey 's newest plant looks like a supermarket , that 's because it used to be a supermarket . |
| 13 | Peavey 's newest plant looks like a supermarket , that 's because it used to be a supermarket . |
| 14 | Moreover , the surveyor will feel you do n't wish to involve yourself and his allegiance will be inclined towards the building society or bank , instead of to you which is as it ought to be . |
| 15 | In my view this is as it ought to be . |
| 16 | You part of the horn , you dredged them up , cos you used t the only thing we saw taken out , then this old fella used to come down from the Museum or whatever he was and he used to be pleased he 'd stay there all day and pick up them all . |
| 17 | and that , well th well that was cos there used to be all hot cinders you know like coke , red hot coke and they always had clogs then with leather tops . |
| 18 | I suppose it was because he used to be so , you know , |