Example sentences of "[Wh adv] they [modal v] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | questions were being raised about what the police were doing , what they ought to be doing and how they ought to be organised and accountable . |
| 2 | He 'll see me by the fire , leaning against the mantelpiece , and know how things really are ; how they ought to be . |
| 3 | ‘ Kids do n't seem to mind the modern shirts but of course older people remember how they used to be . |
| 4 | If , if one turned up with a dirty one they have to buy the beer that 's how they used to be . |
| 5 | Looking at the matter generally , I can not believe that that could conceivably have been the intention of Parliament when passing the Children Act 1989 and thereby , if Judge Galpin is right , taking away from children within England and Wales the right to have an order made in their best interests by returning them to where they ought to be , which was a right which those children had , and parents acting on their behalf were able to claim in the courts , until 14 October 1991 . |
| 6 | My Lords for reasons that have already been explained to Your Lordships and which I will not pursue yet for , er it seems that everybody 's agreed that it is important that the erm local authority representatives should be in the majority and I have to admit that my amendments do not go that far because I was concentrating on getting the magistrates back where they ought to be , er but er that is one thing , the other is that it er was an interesting point that er the Noble Lord , Lord of Greenwich raised , that my Noble Friend Lord Whitelaw er at columns four eighty and four eight one er questioned whether it was indeed appropriate that er the Home Secretary should make these appointments . |
| 7 | Er they put the pieces back to where they used to be . |
| 8 | And there used to be a a little croft croft there of long ago , and it 's er it 's all planted now with trees all round about it but I suppose they could still see where they used to be A black smith had stayed there . |
| 9 | From the , from the pool , see there used to be a , there used to be a pool , near lock gates , that 's where they used to be . |
| 10 | in the place where they used to be . |
| 11 | Yeah , well they 'd be in and out the yard and everywhere I 'd , wherever they used to be I do n't know . |