Example sentences of "and we [modal v] to [be] " in BNC.
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1 | We are only two of us now and we ought to be closer . |
2 | It was clever of humankind to invent science and art to supply the deficiencies of nature , and we ought to be proud . |
3 | After all , British taxpayers are picking up the £60 million bill and we ought to be told a lot more about why it happened and why so much damage was caused . |
4 | But erm I th they are worried certainly , one or two of them are worried , but er some of this equipment is left on , and left on unnecessarily and we ought to be encouraging people to switch off what is n't |
5 | And we used to be able to get all the gear in John Illsley 's car … ! ’ |
6 | We used to get help from the Co-ops because they used to give us lists of new members and we used to be able to canvass those . |
7 | And we used to be selling them at midnight . |
8 | There was a lot of stress on resources , and by resources I do n't just mean books in libraries , I mean staffing resources primarily … and we used to be very fierce about the quality of course leadership , for example . |