Example sentences of "[modal v] [prep] [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even here in the dusty , bounding Toyota , this old man has a distinctiveness , the clubbable , dependable qualities of what used to be called a gentleman . |
| 2 | This has been in use in the works office for some time , it was , it used to be called an aide-memoire . |
| 3 | Each constable at every junction of the street corners down , used to be given a game bird . |
| 4 | They used to get erm these people on the Election Panel used to be paid a couple of guineas a time for their lectures |
| 5 | It used to be considered a deformity in other breeds and led to automatic culling , but in several continental breeds it is now selected for , although it can lead to problems in calving and perhaps fertility . |
| 6 | " He ought to be given a cup of coffee immediately . " |
| 7 | Sometimes she was so funny that it seemed she ought to be given a show of her own . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ It seems to me , ’ said Henry Tyler , in the last analysis a Ministry man , ‘ that this stuff , whatever it is , is something that ought to be put a stop to . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm not all that religious , I reckon you can be good without goin' to Church , and that , but I know wickedness when I see it , and it ought to be put a stop to . ’ |