Example sentences of "[adj] you [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sure you ought to be sitting down , ’ Julia said as soon as the introductions had been made . |
| 2 | And you used to be ab well you used to be able to over the flames of the fire on one side , and then er a saucepan on the other on the in one side with your vegetables in one side , with your potatoes in and then you used to have your oven with a for your meat . |
| 3 | Besides , do n't you remember how lonely you used to be on your own ? ’ |
| 4 | And er then er these two erm er Then when we used to when we was the young you used to be able to go down to Skeggie for a day on train for two and six . |
| 5 | How cross you used to be if a goose 's feather 's were n't drawn straight ! ’ , |