Example sentences of "[adv] what they [vb mod] to be " in BNC.
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1 | Still hammering away , the Institute has the satisfaction of knowing that it has at last brought home to the Ministry of Health , within whose purview this question comes , that things are not what they ought to be , and Dr Eichholz , who has just retired from the Chief Inspectorate of Special Schools , is at its request making a special enquiry . |
2 | Powders are not what they used to be and today 's formulations wo n't clog , streak or look heavy , provided you apply them properly . |
3 | Still , things are not what they used to be . |
4 | It is one thing to assert that things are ‘ not what they used to be ’ and that this is part of the more ‘ general malaise ’ in society . |
5 | Things were not what they used to be , he lamented . |
6 | Hollywood Indians are n't what they used to be . |
7 | HARD men ai n't what they used to be ! |
8 | FINS ai n't what they used to be for Doug Laughton and Graeme Souness |
9 | ‘ Well , ’ said Dracula , ‘ fangs ai n't what they used to be ! ’ |
10 | Because of his principles he had n't served in the Forces and they 'd made him do labouring jobs instead , so that now his hands were n't what they used to be either . |
11 | ‘ Fings ai n't what they used to be , ’ sang Max Bygraves . |
12 | Spies ai n't what they used to be |