Example sentences of "[adv] [ex0] [vb mod] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless there ought to be some control somewhere and we 're getting back to what I think Richard said was the original idea of some kind of development control that is a popular thing in order to be allowed , people ought to make money for the various charities and so on , we ought to try and prevent er certain unjust practices going on and so on . |
| 2 | Yeah I was really attracted to him but I just could not speak to him , it was awful , and like there used to be awful pauses and you 'd just go er right we 'd better get off with each other again because you ca n't bear the silence , it 's too uncomfortable so you used to , and then you go oh shit better get off with him again , it 's awful , he 's and he used to have such a , no personality at all . |
| 3 | Well there used to be that 's right , with you John , talking about college group just about that time . |
| 4 | I think well there used to be three or four picture houses in the town , there 's only one now . |
| 5 | Did n't there used to be a cottage on that roadside where them big tanks is , did n't there used to be some cottages . |
| 6 | Well I would have thought that if there was to be some assessment of a reasonable expectation of development proceeding , then there ought to be some assessment of demand , and I have n't seen that yet . |
| 7 | And er and then there used to be some houses what er we did n't live in one of them but there used to be a lot of houses what used to be railings round , and there used to be steps and you 'd go down the steps , into the And they used to c they used to live downstairs and then well of course when you 're in the house in the side the room they used to have another flight of steps to come upstairs to a l a front room or a lounge or whatever you mind to call it . |
| 8 | Yes there used to be her son , and there used to be me , and there used to be a a girl name Edith right , and there used to be her sister , Ethel right , and then there used to be another young girl named Clara . |
| 9 | Oh and then there used to be another old fellow come here , they called him . |
| 10 | And then there used to be old Tom and Mary . |
| 11 | Ideally there ought to be one standard level of stiffness and severity for galloping courses like Cheltenham , Newbury or Sandown Park and another for fast tracks like the Mildmay . |