Example sentences of "[vb mod] [prep] be [vb pp] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This used to be called services performance day , but we realised most of our customers were . |
| 2 | For example , to make methyl alcohol ( methanol , which used to be called wood alcohol ) , a 1:2 ratio is required , |
| 3 | It is more likely that the Secretary of State for the Environment is preparing us for what used to be called ribbon development and pock-marked urban sprawl stretching from Stratford to Southend , with unfettered market forces destroying the flora and fauna and every living thing that gets in its way . |
| 4 | FRIENDSHIP BUREAUX These used to be called marriage bureaux . |
| 5 | It 's what used to be called A Good Read . |
| 6 | We 're going to go on to what used to be called club foot which is a fairly gross word word Right |
| 7 | this months tasting features the exciting sparkling wines being produced by double fermentation or what used to be called Methode Champenoise . |
| 8 | They used to be called tea gowns many years ago . |
| 9 | The hardest task for his subordinates is to decide what the phrase ( now often shortened to NWO and not to be confused with the airline that used to be called Northwest Orient ) might mean . |
| 10 | However , the ethyl ester of ethanoic acid used to be called ethyl acetate , whereas today it is ethyl ethanoate . |
| 11 | Well it used to be er one road used to be called Meadow Flats , and then you go a little way down another road and it used to be called the bottoms . |
| 12 | British industry , the City of London , most of what used to be called Fleet Street , and the economic spokesmen for all the political parties have for many years spoken with one voice on this matter : what Britain required , they all said , was a large , secure home market in which it was possible to benefit from economies of scale comparable to those enjoyed by the Japanese and the Americans . |