Example sentences of "what used [prep] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a piece of rocky coastline and out of what used to be a quaint old fishing village , has sprung one of the liveliest resorts in Corfu . |
| 2 | Barr , in what used to be a general policy for museum curators , was not writing a passionate defence of the work his museum exhibited . |
| 3 | What used to be a real chase had become a ritual . |
| 4 | We were told that there would be a substantial charge for what used to be a free option : buttonholes on the sleeves . |
| 5 | In many the class-rooms are simply partitioned cubicles in what used to be a large hall … . |
| 6 | Here by the Oberbaum bridge across the icy Spree is what used to be a quintessential Cold War Berlin scene . |