Example sentences of "[Wh adv] it [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supporters of this generally held theory point to the tiger 's thick fur and heavy layer of fat ; also to its need to keep cool in the hot climates in which it now lives by immersing itself in water whenever it can during the heat of the day . |
| 2 | If any of the Lords or great ‘ Herren ’ in England wished to lay out an new garden or remake an old one , Mr. Miller would always show them how it ought to be done . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , she said a lot of good things about how housework and things were essential social work — you know , saying it was work , hard work , servicing other people , not that airy fairy labour of love stuff , and how it ought to be recognised , and how it was because women were seen as wives and mothers that they got low wages , no money when they were at home looking after small kids . |
| 4 | Yet we do have rough-and-ready scales of value ; certain impulses regularly win out over others and , if the toss is there to be argued over , we will claim that this is how it ought to be . |
| 5 | But the right letters are there , even if they 're in the wrong order , so he knows how it ought to be spelled , up to a point . |
| 6 | However , he then fails to follow through his rather important point to the logical conclusion of considering how it might at least explain those many instances where outstanding originality and insanity have been found to co-exist . |
| 7 | Now unfortunately , that 's how it should of worked but the message got lost down the line somewhere . |
| 8 | And maybe that 's how it used to be — but the person you are today is far removed and different from the individual you were a year or so ago . |
| 9 | And erm that 's how it used to be so o obviously you had to pay like that but er I can remember the the Coop coming to . |
| 10 | And the junior school would sit on the floor in the front and that 's how it used to be arranged . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you remember how it used to be between us , Jessamy ? ’ he went on in that same low and almost hypnotic voice . |
| 12 | I do n't remember how it used to be between us , Julius . ’ |
| 13 | That 's how it used to be years ago . |
| 14 | ‘ It is sad to see all this emptiness , and remember how it used to be . ’ |
| 15 | That 's how it used to be though |
| 16 | However it ought to be possible to bring the reasons for it out into the light , and by doing so to show that whatever may be said of Tolkien 's view of reality , it was neither escapist nor thoughtless . |
| 17 | The apostrophe in ‘ Please Respect Owner 's Rights ’ is n't where it ought to be . |
| 18 | Where 's the ray-gun gone ? ’ she asked , looking to where it used to be on the side wall . |
| 19 | So that is a Jacquard , and that 's an electronic Jacquard , means you can do all sorts of different patterns now , where it used to be limited it 's unlimited now . |
| 20 | Oh yes , oh yes each side and er there , some , a few came round erm where it used to be the old picture house , a few came around up as far as Rushbrooks and erm further up towards erm now then The Central , there 's a school that they used to call it The Central but erm |
| 21 | The air fares have gone up , , cos she 's got relatives there and she said where it used to be about . |
| 22 | The way in which forests are disappearing , land is becoming desert , erm food is not being grown in areas where it used to be grown , those are disasters , but what we 're talking about is the , the rather more sudden event which , which you know reaches a crescendo , even if it does take a long time to develop , like a famine , nevertheless the disaster is considered to be that point when perhaps thousands of people are in very desperate need of food . |
| 23 | The mood of the conference is plainly hostile to higher interest rates and in favour of letting the pound float where it will in best Thatcherite , free-market fashion . |