Example sentences of "[conj] i [modal v] [prep] [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 | my Lord , this is a problem which erm your Lordship 's had submissions from both parties and of course it goes to specialist separates , first of all one identifies , one takes one and strikes out the defending clauses within the agreements that infringe article eighty five on then applies the , the test of severance to see whether the residual agreements remain or stand , but we certainly have not depleted that the entire arrangement avoid but we pleaded the restrictions are avoid , my Lord er and that 's important because it could lead to consequence and we 're pleading it that and if for example er power in the erm standard form agency agreement was rendered void because it was an unlawful restriction , it does n't mean to say that erm an agent er a name might not of instructed an agent to write business , what we 're saying is they may not have instructed him to write all of the business that he did in fact did er write for example L M X spiral and , now if , if a particular defendant can say well have I been well you know proper position that I would of been and the restrictions not been in place I would of instructed the agent to do precisely what he did , then of course he has no defence , that 's a que that 's a point , if he says well erm I , the facts suggest and established that I would never , ever have allowed the agents to underwr to write L M X spiral business and , and the only reason he was able to do that was because of the restrictions then he can escape liability for that part of the business underwritten |
| 7 | I said that I used to be partial to them when I smoked . |
| 8 | Remember that I used to be very well known for sports shots . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | For instance , I do n't want people to know that I used to be a drummer . ’ |
| 11 | For instance , I do n't want people to know that I used to be a drummer . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I 've told you all I know and I ought to be getting back — I 've lost two hours of work as it is . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I 'd never eaten breakfast on weekdays before , and I used to be starving by lunch-time and pig out . |
| 19 | He said never been and I used to be going like this to you . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ! |
| 23 | He behaves exactly as if I ought to be ashamed . |
| 24 | And like , Scott told me and thinking about it if I 'd of been in in the frame , frame of mind that I 'm in know for example , I would of sort of pah ! |
| 25 | If I 'd of been there I 'd of flogged that a long while ago and got rid of it |
| 26 | if I had n't been stuck in the office all day , if I could of been out and about somewhere it would of been even nicer |
| 27 | cos er I mean , I mean , I says I did n't want but I , I would n't of been back but I would of been getting off that bus now |
| 28 | But I would of been a model . |
| 29 | It is true there was a lot of housework but I used to be very lonely . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's coincidental , but I used to be in a band at school called The Frogmen now I 'm in The Crickets , ’ says Alex . |