Example sentences of "[modal v] to be [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It used to be but I think it 's an old |
| 2 | He 's not the player he used to be but I suppose you could say the same about me . ’ |
| 3 | Ah yes , but now that 's very interesting because that 's not the same as was the old regulation with the H N D recognition with Napier , and it used to be as I understood it that you had to actually be in membership and leave a period of time between doing the certificate and the diploma . |
| 4 | I watched the smoky flame waver inside the place where the dog 's brains used to be and I closed my eyes . |
| 5 | Perhaps there used to be and I lost it . |
| 6 | That 's how I used to be until I had my brain overhaused last year . |
| 7 | Or it used to be until I got that letter . |
| 8 | I doubt it actually , I think they , it ought to be but I do n't think erm the people appointing are likely to look outside the immediate environs , and |
| 9 | ‘ I imagine so ; there was certainly a big turnover … perhaps the answer to that question ought to be that I do not know . |