Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm an actress , or I used to be . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm a model , or I used to be until I married . |
| 3 | Anything but to raise her eyes and see him there where she ought to be . |
| 4 | ‘ Where you ought to be , Me1li . |
| 5 | You see you can , you get a lot , you can get tax relief off that or you used to be able to get tax relief . |
| 6 | Admission for assessment for twenty-eight days ( section 2 ) is possible where a person is suffering from mental disorder and it is considered that he or she ought to be detained in the interests of his or her own health or safety or with a view to the protection of other persons . |
| 7 | So can you see why we 're looking at perhaps a , a , or we ought to be considering a figure a big higher than three hundred thousand . |
| 8 | The centre is One , the outer fringe is Six ; zones where there used to be neighbourhoods . |
| 9 | Where there used to be a great big island . |
| 10 | Only in Mile End , where there used to be a fair crop of breweries , could you find a good pub with a good pint of beer . |
| 11 | It was in their interests to make work for the dental profession and sell vitamin C , not to let it get about that simply by keeping their hands where they ought to be young people could have healthy teeth and gums for life . |
| 12 | This enabled him to look forward with confidence to continued improvements which would put the British plants back at the top of the performance league , where they used to be , and where they belonged . |
| 13 | Even Japan has given up the fight in some market areas where they used to be world leaders : And even the new industrial nations , in their turn , will eventually be undercut and have to move on : To what ? |
| 14 | Odette and the bairn still across the street just where they used to be . " |
| 15 | Where they used to be frozen and then you started another one wherever you went next time . |
| 16 | And there was a placement first floor , second floor , and where they used to be starting to live beautiful house ! |
| 17 | The draft Structure Plan Review will assess the requirement for new housing land and decide , in general terms , where it ought to be located . |
| 18 | There 's a lovely great open space , where it used to be all wood , which if you had plenty of money and could have enough gardeners could be made very exciting . ’ |
| 19 | Or it used to be so . |
| 20 | Or it used to be the George . |
| 21 | Or it used to be until I got that letter . |
| 22 | We have to keep a proper balance or we will continue to see destruction in the countryside that we have seen in some areas where there is too much access and where what used to be a path has become as wide as the M1 . |
| 23 | The perception of the problem will differ , depending on such things as the views and experiences of individuals , and their beliefs about what is or what ought to be . |
| 24 | this months tasting features the exciting sparkling wines being produced by double fermentation or what used to be called Methode Champenoise . |
| 25 | What would be the implications for the other republics of Yugoslavia , or what used to be Yugoslavia ? |
| 26 | Why , I 've heard tell from the Bishop 's secretary that yours used to be the best Mystery in the land , bar none . |
| 27 | I found myself thinking affectionately that I ought to be straightforward with him ; the English liked that . |
| 28 | I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there . |
| 29 | Well perhaps this is a good time just to take stock and to say I know that I 'm not all that I should be and all that I ought to be , but by this time next year I 'm going to be a bit better than I am just now , in spiritual terms . |
| 30 | I said that I used to be partial to them when I smoked . |