Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet I do n't think I used to be very naughty . |
| 2 | You do n't want I used to be like that |
| 3 | No , it 's it 's erm it 's somebody who , all they do is write your answers for you but dictated I m if you 've ever been an em especially I mean I used to be I usually end up doing the amanuensing for courses that I 've taught on students on my paper . |
| 4 | Yeah well Lucy thinks I ought to be horrible to them but well |
| 5 | Suppose one went to Boston and found one ought to be in Chicago ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Did n't you know he used to be feather weight champion of Scotland |
| 8 | With petit mal , the small fit , it used to called vaguely , you could talk to somebody and then go on nattering away and then suddenly the person would switch off and then just stare and then after a while they come back and talk to you and it 's , they pick up exactly where they 've left off , so as I say it used to be called day dreaming , now that 's the low end of the scale , now we go to the other end of the scale and remember please that there 's no set type for an epileptic , anybody , anywhere , any age at any time can have an epileptic fit , you do n't have to be that type , do n't . |
| 9 | The Archdeacon would know what ought to be done . |
| 10 | That would shatter Germany 's present mood of economic optimism , already faltering as the difficulties of modernising what used to be East Germany grow clearer . |
| 11 | The defendant will have to explain his default and satisfy the court that he has a defence or counterclaim which ought to be heard . |
| 12 | Sharon 's mother says she used to be against the death sentence , but not now . |
| 13 | Sometimes she was so funny that it seemed she ought to be given a show of her own . |
| 14 | … And it seemed there ought to be music , so Esther Allan , the music teacher at the school where I was the most reluctant member of the Art Department , got roped in . |
| 15 | Whatever arrangements are made they ought to be convenient for the parents and not just for the school . |
| 16 | Life had to be what she believed it ought to be ; she had no sense of reality . |
| 17 | She says it used to be beautiful , but the rectory and the church are a disgrace . |
| 18 | When opened it played the chorus of ‘ Spread a Little Happiness ’ , although the book stipulated it ought to be the ‘ Wedding March ’ . |
| 19 | But do you feel it ought to be a free market erm situation , at least to the extent that anyone can move into any area they wish to provided they could find a place to live ? |
| 20 | When I came it used to be a very old building which belonged to British Legion club previously and er Sikhs bought from them . |
| 21 | Peter Rawlins , having failed in his mission to set up the stubbornly impracticable Taurus computer trading system , has done what used to be called the honourable thing . |
| 22 | ‘ You 'd think she ought to be allowed to get on with it . ’ |
| 23 | No , I do n't think she will to be honest with you . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't you think you ought to be asking some ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't think you ought to be embarrassed about me now I 'm here , ’ she said . |
| 26 | You mean you used to be a museum curator or something ? ’ |
| 27 | I mean you used to be able to go ah ! |
| 28 | I kno know what you 're doing , I can see you ought to be careful cos you 'll fall down wo n't you ? |
| 29 | Even I can remember there used to be a narrow strip of sand , winding along between the stones , Ruth thought ; it was n't a total waste of time , bringing our buckets and spades here when we were kids . |
| 30 | I was told there used to be a safety barrier there but it kept being knocked down so it was n't of putting er safety barriers up there bollards . |