Example sentences of "for what [modal v] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | No complaints about roominess up front but , surprisingly for what ought to be a five-seater , three in the back would need to be qualified weight watchers . |
| 2 | With the best will in the world , I am not responsible for what was said over the weekend or for what may to be a contradiction . |
| 3 | We were told that there would be a substantial charge for what used to be a free option : buttonholes on the sleeves . |
| 4 | It is more likely that the Secretary of State for the Environment is preparing us for what used to be called ribbon development and pock-marked urban sprawl stretching from Stratford to Southend , with unfettered market forces destroying the flora and fauna and every living thing that gets in its way . |
| 5 | Same Time , Next Year is a lively , humorous account of a developing relationship , at first sexual but later broadening into a touching tenderness , of two people long married to others , who meet once every year in a California motel for what used to be called ‘ a dirty weekend ’ . |