Example sentences of "[vb base] they [modal v] to " in BNC.

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1 Of course , there are plenty of bands around who still shun the use of a digital recording system in favour of its analogue forbears , but fings ai n't want they used to be and DAT 's the truth .
2 Remember they used to used they used to get these , the farmers used to ask for these boxes because they made er hen 's nests , you know that type you know where they Oh they were good boxes .
3 In fact , those who most seem to be themselves appear to me people impersonating what they think they might like to be , believe they ought to be , or wish to be taken to be by whoever is setting standards .
4 They feel they ought to be immune and , in their health , superior to lay people .
5 Erm and I guess they will to a degree .
6 ‘ I mean they used to be taller .
7 Sister Mary Leahy , who organised the prayer week at Seacroft , explained the purpose of these personal interviews ; ‘ Prayer is a relationship with God , so as a prayer guide , I would want to help people to recognise God in their lives — relating person to person — speaking to God and listening to him — coming to God just as they are and not as they think they ought to be . ’
8 And while I am not so naive as to thing that they have the time or the motivation to sample every title on the Whitbread short list , a good number of these men think they ought to .
9 The county council has taken those decisions and we think they ought to be debated vigorously and following that discussion , the panel will come to its conclusion .
10 And that is why , as Mr said , I think they ought to be allowed to produce some sort of advertising pamphlet , and get their act together , because if they 're going to go and compete out there they 've got to be prepared for it , and we 've got to allow them to give a decent presentation , at least have a decent glossy brochure to push round , so at least they can say what they do , because they will never compete when they are privatised unless they get it .
11 I think they ought to be in the wild .
12 I think they ought to much more than they do , but the plain truth is that they do n't .
13 Now er clay pipes , we used to dredge up and they got dredged up down opposite Pinmill , and they were a long pipe , but cos the , the stem a lot of them had been broken off and wh how they got down there nobody know , I think they used to be like in ballast with the ships , I think .
14 And sometimes it 's just the person or the family would come and they would want I think they used to by these from the shop .
15 Ah well , you see they used to where they used to live opposite .
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