Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [prep] [be] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ( The f act that some people move from this argument to suggesting that they ought to be treated worse does not obscure the fairness of the principle . )
2 They 'll not be as lively as they ought to be come morning , but tonight will have got a whole lot of unhappy things out of Seb 's system .
3 They used to be called tea gowns many years ago .
4 Bas said it ought to be called Chuck-up because it 's always being sick . ’
5 According to Gandhi , if it is at all possible for man to describe this power then it ought to be called Truth ( Satya ) , which is a derivative of Sat , which literally means that which is or exists .
6 With petit mal , the small fit , it used to called vaguely , you could talk to somebody and then go on nattering away and then suddenly the person would switch off and then just stare and then after a while they come back and talk to you and it 's , they pick up exactly where they 've left off , so as I say it used to be called day dreaming , now that 's the low end of the scale , now we go to the other end of the scale and remember please that there 's no set type for an epileptic , anybody , anywhere , any age at any time can have an epileptic fit , you do n't have to be that type , do n't .
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