Example sentences of "[conj] i [modal v] 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 | I found myself thinking affectionately that I ought to be straightforward with him ; the English liked that . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I said that I used to be partial to them when I smoked . |
| 7 | Remember that I used to be very well known for sports shots . |
| 8 | ‘ And another thing that 's changed is that I used to be wary of getting into certain types of music , for fear they would show up in my playing ; these days , though , I figure that listening to just about anything is cool . |
| 9 | For instance , I do n't want people to know that I used to be a drummer . ’ |
| 10 | For instance , I do n't want people to know that I used to be a drummer . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm old , I know I 'm old and I ca n't do all the things that I used to be able to do . |
| 12 | PAMELA : [ aside ] I have a little tincture of jealousy too , which has made me more uneasy than I ought to be , particularly in the case of Miss Sally Godfrey and my fears of what might happen when we reach London . |
| 13 | I 've told you all I know and I ought to be getting back — I 've lost two hours of work as it is . ’ |
| 14 | And my little boy was he was only about three at the time and I used to be used to angry at him and my neighbour used to come in and take him . |
| 15 | It was difficult cos you only had what they we call the joystick behind me and I used to work that and I used to be |
| 16 | One time that used to be further in the dock and I used to be let the erm , the manager know , the pool manager , cos at one time before the war , dockers were erm casual and when the war started , then they thought theirself , right we 're gon na make er dockers more or less permanent , so they all come under the Ipswich Dock Commission then . |
| 17 | I 'd never eaten breakfast on weekdays before , and I used to be starving by lunch-time and pig out . |
| 18 | He said never been and I used to be going like this to you . |
| 19 | and he 's saying he 'll marry her and then of course Acky he and he says you know , er A Acky you know , and I used to be a male nurse you know , and John says aye , John |
| 20 | Yeah it was something like that and he had a sister called Lisa who was about a year older than me and I used to be best friends with her . |
| 21 | I , I really jiggered myself this morning and I was only out about half an hour , you know , and I used to be able to do a full day ! |
| 22 | He behaves exactly as if I ought to be ashamed . |
| 23 | It is true there was a lot of housework but I used to be very lonely . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's coincidental , but I used to be in a band at school called The Frogmen now I 'm in The Crickets , ’ says Alex . |
| 25 | I 've given it up because I used to be a cheesaholic . |
| 26 | than that dear it 's down the other end , the other side of Old Harlow , but he used to have a surgery there which he , you know , made it better after the erm , to ease up Dr surgery cos that was so packed and the shops were absolutely and you used to have to queue and queue for , to get your shopping , you could n't , I used to cycle into Harlow and leave my cycle somewhere and then go along do my shopping , but it used to be two or three hours ' job it was , you did n't get done till dinner time and then I used to call it a , a lady used to say call there that used to have the fried fish and chip shop on the corner of erm Harlow and I used to go there and have a cup of tea before I came home because I used to be so long shopping you could n't get served you see , it 's too many people , there was nowhere else for them to go , it was only Bishop 's Stortford you had to go |
| 27 | You wo n't because I used to be |
| 28 | Because I used to be in a mental institution but they said I was well so I 'm allowed out now . |
| 29 | Well publicans actually , because I used to be a publican , and I thought it would be a good idea if I , it 's a good idea to ring people you 've got empathy with . |
| 30 | where did I , I 'm not sure whether I ought to be getting into this but I will . |