Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [vb mod] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the debate Lord Holland recognised the dread among the upper classes that the lower orders might be seduced by subversive principles , " particularly afloat at this moment " , but also considered that some masters were taking advantage of this moment to " enforce their views and render their workmen more dependent than they had hitherto been and than in all fairness and equity they ought to be " . |
| 2 | If the mens rea principle and the principle of proof are objectives worthy of a rational and humane system of criminal law they ought to be used critically to assess the achievement of the total system rather than circularly to select an acceptable portion of the criminal law . |
| 3 | In this universe they ought to be huge . |
| 4 | And er just pulling the chain in the thing what er like a big white globe they used to be . |
| 5 | Come on , if they 're asleep during the day they ought to be woken up . |
| 6 | Most portable types are around £20 — that 's half the price they used to be 10 years ago . |
| 7 | During the Labour landslide they used to be love letters . |
| 8 | In either case the man would know the message : and in either case they ought to be able to find him . |
| 9 | And they were like that and then of course they used to be er no washing machines you used to be at these here tubs . |
| 10 | And they used to er have er a film Of course they used to be silent films and then er er had er and there used to be what they call interval . |
| 11 | Yep , I 'd finished the lodging houses , they were rough , my word they were rough , they used to get drunk and fighting , and of course they used to be amusing really they used to get fighting at a lodging house quite close to the dock and after when the windows was smashed , we would find that they 'd been temporarily repaired with a coal sack taken from the coal yard next door , and all that sort of business , and anyhow , nothing particular out of the way happened until three years later of course when we got the general strike , and the strikers used to meet outside the labour institution headquarters in Street . |
| 12 | But no doubt just sheer distaste of the actual typefaces used , which were the winkle-bag was the description they used to be given . |
| 13 | As Mr Day points out : ‘ To the small and medium sized company , all accountants are very much the same and , with the increasing competition from certified and unqualified accountants , I do n't believe that at the lower end of the market chartered accountants will ever get back on the pedestal in the same way they used to be . |
| 14 | While songs like ‘ Sugar Mamma ’ may not be especially wired the way they used to be , and he no longer sings about getting his sugar ‘ three times a day ’ , John Lee is still alright . |
| 15 | and I 'm not convinced , I am not convinced that they , that they are anywhere near the standard they used to be when they were last in Europe a few seasons ago |