Example sentences of "they [vb mod] to be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It was in their interests to make work for the dental profession and sell vitamin C , not to let it get about that simply by keeping their hands where they ought to be young people could have healthy teeth and gums for life . |
2 | This poem uses lots of words that sound as if they ought to be proper words but are not . |
3 | Erm , capital bonds , they used to be good rates , they , they 've deteriorated really , National Savings certificates well I 've covered index-linked , the only one I 'd really say er is n't super unless you 're a higher-rate taxpayer is the fortieth issue , which is paying under six percent , it 's not really worth picking up for five years . |
4 | And they used to er have er a film Of course they used to be silent films and then er er had er and there used to be what they call interval . |
5 | Where has those tomatoes gone , if you remember them , they used to be big ones an'all they were |