Example sentences of "[det] [adv] [modal v] [prep] be [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But it is , ’ he insisted , as if this somehow ought to be the best news she 'd ever heard in her life . |
2 | That just used to be a mud pile there . |
3 | That always used to be a fortnight to three weeks to unload a ship but this one ship , that was called , I remember that was called the lovely ship and that had been bombed , that had a bomb drop right on the . |
4 | That always used to be the case of course . |
5 | That never used to be a fault of his , running off at the mouth . |