Example sentences of "they [vb mod] to be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Mill was against a secret ballot , Mill thought votes ought to be cast publicly and the reason for this is that he thought people ought to be voting on their view of what is right and so therefore they ought to be publicly accountable . |
| 2 | They used to be extremely good value ; now they are eminently ignorable . |
| 3 | They used to be absolutely beautiful there but they 're crap now ! |
| 4 | I was just discussing this last night , but they used to be more friendly atmospheres , even with the away supporters years ago you know it was but things go full circle in the end and hopefully like I say we 're getting back to some sort of sanity now . |
| 5 | I mean usually that just does n't work because I mean the Guardian , they used to be more bold expanded in the Guardian except for and it was gross . |