Example sentences of "[vb base] they [modal v] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The MOD wants to keep them ; the liberal democrats want them used to cut housing waiting lists . |
| 2 | Howar they used to work a lot with finishing the cattle sell them for . |
| 3 | And what sort of price are we talking about when people say they ought to have a computer ? |
| 4 | Anyway then as I say they used to have these this back street effort and if you do it yourself you could do it with erm the enema syringe . |
| 5 | And you ken they used to lift it off and put it in the ground . |
| 6 | ‘ People do n't use pubs like they used to do and that 's the demise of the country pub , not so much the other things that have been said . |
| 7 | Yeah but as they become more influential and er basically he talked about the erm demonstration on the anniversary of the October revolution , erm and then victories of the northern expedition and , and et etcetera and various victories erm I do n't , you , you know , there is a the idea that , you know , the tu the tu er tide is turning erm you know they ought to join now rather than be firmly left behind |
| 8 | I know they used to put bark in their inside , , , that 's right . |
| 9 | There 's a you know they used to put I suppose vanilla essence or some of these no almond would it be ? |
| 10 | Erm mustard , gin , oh the things that they you know they used to do . |
| 11 | I know they used to do that , aha . |
| 12 | Er it would be some of the bodies I think oh er wait a minute I 'm trying to think what the casting were be used for there were other things besides locks you see I forget what they the , I know they used to do the castings and the brass castings it would be for the locks , for the locks yeah |
| 13 | No , plum , I know they used to call it plum pudding ! |
| 14 | He was another character er there was er I remember they used to have a lot of socials and things at the church you know , it was very well attended I suppose in those days . |
| 15 | Well all the way from , they used to come from and they used to have some sunbonnets on , I always remember they used to have the , I 'm not a dressmaker but you know a la they do n't like frills down the back that used to hang down the back and the I remember them coming round selling blocks of salt . |
| 16 | And then this butcher on Road , I remember they used to trade . |
| 17 | In solos you often find them used to thicken up and to add depth to single note lines ; in rhythm parts they are commonly used instead of large chord voicings to lighten up parts . |
| 18 | Reckon they ought to replace super glue with baked beans you know . |
| 19 | That 's what they reckon they used to do but he , I mean he was an old Jew , he was but he was , he was to the Germans . |
| 20 | They can just be people who believe they ought to reshape society from top to bottom . |
| 21 | We now know that opinion polls are almost meaningless except as a rough guide to the sort of views that people believe they ought to express in public . |
| 22 | Teachers do not have enough time to do the job that they feel they ought to do and want to do . |
| 23 | Workers are only too aware that Ford of Britain 's pre-tax profits doubled to more than £673m in the last financial year and they feel they ought to share in its success . |
| 24 | I mean they used to take things er the wedding ring , the jewellery if they 'd got any , towels , sheets , er suits , shoes , er did n't did n't want to sell them , did n't want to get rid of them , they just wanted to borrow money on those , and he used to charge you interest and ticket money when you took it in , and then you 'd got to pay interest when you took it out as well so it was , they were on a good thing . |
| 25 | I mean they used to provide the advisor to various secretaries of state I think did n't they ? |
| 26 | See they used to get the , they used t what they call they used to report for work at say quarter past seven in the morning and then they be at work at half past seven , but now of course they do n't now , they , I think they start about eight o'clock now . |
| 27 | " If long putters enable more people to play without jeopardising the integrity of the game , we think they ought to continue to be used , " Bloch said . |
| 28 | If the English do not like children , it is because they think they ought to behave properly , responsibly and quietly in their presence and can never riot or have a good time when they 're around . |
| 29 | people think they ought to do something for you . |
| 30 | It then becomes easy in service provision to slip almost unwittingly from providing what we think the clientele requires to providing what we think they ought to have . |