Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Order froze the world , Ari , and those who set themselves up as leaders of society used everything they could to control people around them . |
| 2 | That ought to draw people — the title , you know . ’ |
| 3 | Well perhaps we ought to give people a s a a list a piece of paper and a pencil when they come into church one day , and say , Write down all the words that you hear today , or sing today that you do not understand . |
| 4 | We decided we ought to give people the opportunity to see some of the water meadow . |
| 5 | Strictly speaking the former ought to Read MEDIA RELEASE — important , perhaps , if you send a good deal of material to TV and radio . |
| 6 | SPECIALIST equipment used to treat people with speech impediments has been stolen in a break-in at a Dumfries hospital . |
| 7 | uses now the reason we need , not just nuclear power of course , but all other sources of energy er is erm illustrated by these next couple of slides erm I 'm sure you 've seen data like this before growth in the world 's population over the last er few hundred years erm over the middle ages the er world 's population was fairly stable , although the birth rate was high er the death rate was equally high because of things like cholera and bubonic plague and smallpox and other things that used to kill people off in large numbers . |
| 8 | Well I did n't see a soul that I kn I mean I used to go and used to see people like |
| 9 | I mean to say er used to see people years ago and they got these cine cameras and and all , we could never have one of those you know and a record of the kids when they were young . |
| 10 | To tell you the truth , before I went to prison I used to meet people who had been to prison and I did n't want to talk to them because I thought they were funny . |
| 11 | ‘ I had an uncle who was dying of emphysema , ’ said Betty , ‘ and he used to implore people not to make him laugh because it took his breath away , and I could never understand what he could find to amuse him . ’ |
| 12 | He always used to lecture people , tell them about the honesty of the artist , the necessity not to speak like a bourgeois . |
| 13 | Well then , look at some of those three-pronged hooks used to catch fish . |
| 14 | Oh they used to all different stalls used to sell One stall they used to sell fruit and and that and then perhaps another stall they 'd sell pots and er and all like that all down on them stalls . |
| 15 | Her husband , Jack , used to sell fruit and vegetables from a horse and cart , going as far as the top of Baldersdale to find custom He was well known to all the elder members of the Hauxwell family , including Hannah 's mother and father . |
| 16 | ‘ It was just a tune I used to annoy people with . |
| 17 | It reminded me of when I used to give people money just to make them go away again . |
| 18 | ‘ Before , we used to give people the tools and let them get on with the modelling , ’ Mr Wise explains . |
| 19 | The company which used to give £40,000 a year to Tory funds , launched a stinging attack on Government policies . |
| 20 | ‘ My mother used to phone people up , people where I was working , and say : ‘ Now , you be very careful of my daughter . ’ |
| 21 | Well when i I had that used to cost sixpence , but you 'd got to be properly dressed afore you went I tell you . |
| 22 | Yeah but I mean fish we we used to consider fish |
| 23 | In Equation ( 2.6.1 ) we arbitrarily assign ( n — 2 ) different values to unc ( other than unc = 0 , which we have in effect used to determine pn ) and then evaluate the ( numerical ) determinant for each of these . |
| 24 | I get the chance to see people I used to race with.It is a fun day out . |
| 25 | I used to , I love fish and chips , used to love fish and chips |
| 26 | And course they were on hinges , the doors , on er the hinges on in the centre hole under the water and course you always knew where then to , where to fit what we used to call fish for th fish for the chain . |
| 27 | Then , looking at the Lagonda , Emily went on : ‘ My Dad used to teach people to drive in it . ’ |
| 28 | The size of blocks used to hold data . |
| 29 | When we were at college he used to invite people to ‘ cleaning parties ’ once a month . |
| 30 | So eventually we , I , I , I used to get er couple slices of bread , and I used to get thruppence every day . |