Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We tend to say that , or used to say that . |
| 2 | A very new register was showing only two or three voters on stairs that ought to accommodate ten or 12 . |
| 3 | That is a statistic that ought to alarm any Lloyd 's insider . |
| 4 | In principle , that ought to make Japanese firms the ideal global companies . |
| 5 | That ought to make this situation easier to bear . |
| 6 | Except for a name that ought to look familiar to readers of Alexandre Dumas , because as Aramis it is that of one of the Three Musketeers . |
| 7 | It is , after all , a short time since we accepted without question the assumption that used to underline all women 's lives ; that men had more rights than we did . |
| 8 | There 's quite a lot of them that used to drink that . |
| 9 | Even taking into account a recent £200m order for another four chemical carriers to guarantee work for Kvaerner Govan 's 1,650 permanent workers to 1995 , the last commercial shipyard in Glasgow remains a shadow of the Scottish industry that used to employ 70,000 on the Clyde alone . |
| 10 | Well yeah th well that used to turn green , tell you that now . |
| 11 | The principal town in this area is Ullapool , founded by the British Fisheries Society towards the end of the eighteenth century to exploit the shoals of herring that used to arrive each July . |
| 12 | And so I was the one that used to take this lunch to father . |
| 13 | You remember that man that used to keep that furniture shop by Cockney ? |
| 14 | They 're the only remaining workingtools in the buildings that used to house one of the largest railworks in the country . |
| 15 | No I do n't think there were , there might have been one or two , yes I do know one that used to make some form of er something for the saddlery trade and you know those houses opposite the alms houses in Road , there are some alms houses on the one side , then there 's some houses that lie up steps on the other side of the road if they 're still there . |
| 16 | It 's the first major plastic slope in the country , and is on the site of ski area that used to offer reliable snowcover until the greenhouse effect got to work . |
| 17 | It has waived the rules that used to bar nuclear-powered ships from using the Suez Canal , and seems to have given landing rights to American military transport aircraft . |
| 18 | On some occasions family members will attempt to sabotage treatment saying that the primary sufferer is being brainwashed , ought to be at home , ought to learn to hold his or her alcohol like everybody else and ought to do all manner of things that have failed before and will fail again to help addictive disease . |
| 19 | Representation could be more truthful , more profound than that , and ought to incorporate that feeling which had been naively symbolised by the halo in early primitive Christian painting . |
| 20 | If she does , that means she is not good enough or bright enough , and ought to feel guilty . |
| 21 | If he does , that means he is not good enough or strong enough , and ought to feel inadequate . |
| 22 | If she does , it means she is weak and feeble , and ought to feel ashamed . |
| 23 | Well they usually out out of the er hydrant on the quay cos the hydrant on the quay there used to be a water main a the water main used to go along there and we used to put so much water into the boat and now we come down and used to pump that out and then go back after some more . |
| 24 | An old gentleman from Stowmarket , his name 's Mr I 'm sure it was because er , you see , my father and I used to go up Stowmarket Road sometimes after church or chapel and er and go for a walk up there and used to meet this Mr who played the organ Stowmarket and very course but erm but I had a wonderful life really |