Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We wish also to persuade him that once he takes fully into account that his ultimate goals are spontaneous ( are , not ought to be ; what they ought to be is intelligent as well as spontaneous ) , he will require no first principle other than ‘ Be aware ’ for choosing between them . |
| 2 | I was to perform two of Joyce 's pieces , the first being ‘ Committee ’ , a deadly accurate re-creation of a Northern Ladies Choral Committee meeting convened to axe one of its founder members : ‘ Now , we do n't want any unpleasantness , friendly is what we are and friendly is how we mean to go on … but I think we all know there is one voice in the altos that did not ought to be there . |
| 3 | Not just sales , so it should n't just be the appointments in your diary , and a lot of you will not used to be keeping a diary as well . |
| 4 | Because of your health , pet , they 're putting us on the priority list , say we did n't ought to be below-ground , nor too high . |
| 5 | So , but I , I think he thought Ken meant that he was like superior and he did n't ought to be doing that sort of job . |
| 6 | It did n't used to be . |
| 7 | I did n't used to be one to leave dreams be . |
| 8 | ‘ They did n't used to be like this . |
| 9 | Did n't used to be there though did it ? |
| 10 | And er er it did n't used to be erm white barge-boarding , er nor white erm fencing . |