Example sentences of "[unc] [modal v] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like to go along with it , but I think it 's an area that ou ought to be clear when , er , grants coming in for some or even minor building works , there ought to be a specification within , whether the building can cover it or whatever . |
| 2 | There us used to be two sticks . |
| 3 | If we refuse it of course it will be our acceptance to the to submit an appeal which would then er ought to be by Secretary of State . |
| 4 | Well it is possible of course and I think that er the European Nations , including those in Eastern Europe er ought to be getting together to consult about what we can do , because I do n't think it 's right simply to send these refugees back as the er Italians have been doing , er in fact there likely to be amongst . |
| 5 | In on the fourteenth of July of nineteen ninety three the defendant took out a summons with a view to having all the outstanding matters resolved and er this summons came before erm deputy master on the twelfth of August nineteen ninety three and he gave various directions including an enquiry in relation to how the surgery premises er ought to be dealt with as in court in the winding up of the partnership and that matter went before Mr Justice long in December and he decided those issues and gave directions in relation to and how the premises are to be sold , the effect of the directions very vaguely , is that the premises have to be offered to the partners , if only one of the partners shows any interest then there is provision in the relevant deed for ascertaining the price and this is put to that partner at that price , if more than one partner wishes to buy the premises then there is provision for a fixing of a minimum figure and then each of the partners has to put in sealed offers er and the premises will be sold to the partner , the former partner who put in the last offer , that broadly speaking I think is the substance of Mr Justice order . |
| 6 | Oh I yeah , he got this , this er must of been a good metal detector you know |
| 7 | And then course that used to be different , er used to be different size timber two by sixes , four by twos , inch by one , er inch by ou I mean inch |
| 8 | Erm I know it 's associated with over extraction of water at certain points but but be that as it may , but in the old days the Sussex Lands Committee er used to be er a county function and did take an overview erm of the whole West Sussex scene in terms of what happened erm it is now really now erm not our responsibility , although we put members on it , it 's a now fairly weak er joint body but it 's pretty toothless . |
| 9 | And er one day I went up there and er erm in there for for over two hours right , and who 's the the P A er used to be er . |
| 10 | so that 's English , and I 've got ta get , er he reckons he 'll get a B grade for the er lit , but I was so cheesed off with that erm piece I got today , thirty five and thirty five , one mark off being er an A , he put at the bottom aargh , if only you 'd seen the lousy ending , cos he said if I 'd got the , an extra couple of sentences it er would of been forty eight , forty , so that 's , so annoying , but I 've now got ta write an informal letter , I do n't know how that comes under informal letter |
| 11 | if , if , if it was three quarters water er human 's must of been in the water to start with |
| 12 | And the children 's used to be tied behind their back and them what er eat this er cross bun first , used to get a prize . |
| 13 | You see , St Paul 's used to be a sanctuary , a refuge against the sheriff 's men and , as long as you stayed there , you were safe . |
| 14 | No the other , where the donkey 's used to be in the fields , you know , all those churched like houses |
| 15 | new erm stationer 's in the Harvey Centre , where Superdrug 's used to be . |
| 16 | Cos Betty 's used to be in Kwicksave . |
| 17 | They have n't got any thing have like , no , I tried that with er Tim , cos Sainsbury 's would of been really more on your way would n't it ? |
| 18 | Erm y'know erm it 's also erm perhaps interesting the way things have er have shifted you know in the last decade or so , like that thing that erm used to be on in the seventies , It Ai n't Half Hot Mum , with um a number of people pretending to be Indians and and exhibiting all the stereotypes y'know it ai n't half racist mum is probably more erm er in fact there was a book called It Ai n't Half Racist Mum that er Leicester University library had er y'know going on about exactly that you know the sort of y'know racism of comedy . |
| 19 | This is not a late development , since already Alfenus Varus can be found in the late Republic arguing that a legacy per damnationem in which the testator has written only damnas esto ought to be valid . |
| 20 | Ho Choi 's use used to be brilliant ! |
| 21 | Mena did in her way , it was n't enough , she needed an educated person to put her case to — everybody ought to be allowed to put their case — we did n't even try to hear hers , we only heard the tone . |
| 22 | And we used to do these er pictures that u used to be on er grey and blue paper and we used to , with white paint we used to make a sort of anything there and then with erm charcoal sticks we used to draw on it . |