Example sentences of "[modal v] [prep] [be] [vb pp] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cheesecakes used to be made in quantity for the feast . |
| 2 | Buckets , well every night time , when we finished dredging , you had to wash down , wash the decks down cos I mean that the decks used to be covered in mud and slush , so all we had then was an old draw bucket on a bit of rope , over the side , there were n't no hoses then , we used to the bucket and then we used to swing all the mud back in there , in the river . |
| 3 | It used to be said in World War Two that careless talk cost lives . |
| 4 | Cheeses of this kind used to be known in country-house and home-farm dairy cookery as napkin cheeses . |
| 5 | Some of the English herds used to be milked in spite of the concentration on work and beef , but on the whole the Devon 's old milking traits have been neglected . |
| 6 | The reason why changes ought to be made in language is to bring it into line with the way things really are . |
| 7 | In the course of a Second Reading Debate on the contentious Courts and Legal Services Bill in December 1989 , Lord Hailsham spoke scathingly about the fact that the bulk of the proposals arose from within the Government machine , so disregarding ‘ almost every principle of the methodology … which ought to be followed in law reform ’ . |
| 8 | Put out of your mind any notion that he ought to be convicted in case he did it . ’ |
| 9 | We find on close examination that those choice theorists who invoke the principle that promises ought to be kept in order to complete their account of contractual obligations ultimately concede that they are engaging in a form of moral paternalism . |
| 10 | However important this is , it ought to be born in mind that what may appear to be the cheapest at the time may not necessarily be the most effective in solving a particular odour problem and consequently not the cheapest in the long term . |
| 11 | The imbalance between the parties does not mean that all disputes ought to be resolved in court , rather it suggests that there may be methods of organising dispute resolution which are fairer for the parties involved . |
| 12 | They ought to be celebrated in season . |
| 13 | As a walker myself , I agree with my hon. Friend that access ought to be continued in respect of land that is disposed of by the Forestry Commission . |
| 14 | I said that we ought to er somebody asked me er from one of the national papers which ought to be put in place there and I did suggest that we ought to have a statue like just been mentioned to somebody from Beeston they 've got a nice man on a bench there . |