Example sentences of "[noun prp] 's [noun] [vb mod] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Living in the country , we tend to put on a bit of a show on special occasions , and Edward 's parties used to be very sought-after . |
| 2 | Mr Mubarak 's cautiousness used to be welcomed as an antidote to the histrionics of Nasser and Sadat . |
| 3 | For all the talk of Welsh rebirth , Scotland 's performance ought to be good enough to set up the Triple Crown chance at Twickenham next month . |
| 4 | King 's Jester used to be a very spooky horse and would shy at the same jump , stacked in the corner of the school , every single day and if anything was moved to a different position , he would behave as if it were about to leap out and get him . |
| 5 | The Obins Castle was situated near where McGredy 's Nurseries used to be . |
| 6 | I slipped an old Eurythmics tape into the cassette deck I have installed where Armstrong 's meter used to be and adjusted the speakers so the full effect came in the front rather than the back . |
| 7 | It can , however , be alternatively and more cogently maintained that all of Craig 's papers ought to be examined , just as Paisley 's were in the disposal of his surplus . |
| 8 | For most of the past two years , after the first cracks in the ice were heard , Eastern Europe 's future used to be seen something like this . |
| 9 | Yes , well up here in Scotland er where I live erm the maincrop variety Golden Wonder tends to certainly need a par boiling and a par boiling only er when cooking so it needs about what five to six minutes or something like that but erm any more and the tatties go to mash and er that 's why I think a lot of the Golden Wonders er in Scotland are cooked in their skins but erm if I was to go for a variety that er I enjoy would be one called Pentland Ivory , it 's a , a nice flowery spud er and you get quite a plentiful supply of them too so it 's quite a good variety but you know the old Kerr 's Pink used to be called I think Henry 's Seedling , I remember rightly and then it changed its name to Kerr 's Pink because Kerr was a seedsman up in who really introduced it and er that was just after the first world war and that 's a good one , that 's a very good one and it 's got that waxy skin as well you see so it might be quite useful . |