Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [modal v] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when the Sixties arrived , even elderly men starting sporting pink shirts ( pink ! — that just used to be the colour of their gin ) and sideburns . |
| 2 | The house that always used to be warm and welcoming when they got home is now dark and cold . |
| 3 | But he sees this foundationalist as a weak-kneed sceptic , who ought in consistency to go further ; who ought , in fact , to doubt whether he understands the proposition that other minds exist , and so ought to be a solipsist . |
| 4 | And red lead it and then used to be off the top of the jib . |
| 5 | One was that education had an increasingly vocational function especially at post-elementary level and the other was a vague notion that ‘ education is a good thing and therefore ought to be supported ’ . |