Example sentences of "[vb mod] [prep] be [vb pp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ La Piazza : used to be called the Padovani . ’ |
| 2 | William gazed out of the window as they drove through what used to be called The Village and was now just another suburban shopping centre . |
| 3 | One used to be called the bottoms and one used to be called the Meadow Flats and yet they both led to the same place . |
| 4 | It would have been nice to go into partnership with my son Paul , but he deals in what used to be called the avant-garde , the most difficult stuff to sell , and wants to be in New York . |
| 5 | They used to have er a a what you call a front room , and then we used to call it the kitchen and then the other place where you wash your pots and the sink in and everything in , it used to be called the scullery in them days . |
| 6 | still blessed with a scent of what used to be called the counter-culture , they are also the most responsive to music generated from outside the mainstream corporate structure . |
| 7 | And there used to be two on the Road , one used to be called Palladium and one used to be called the Palace . |
| 8 | And underneath this archway you used to have meat stalls and fish stalls and it used to be called the shambles . |
| 9 | They used call the it used to be called the attic you see in them days . |
| 10 | The placing of Uruguay and Colombia in the third pool has satisfied the South Americans , and what used to be called the Iron Curtain countries can not complain . |
| 11 | Stag parties and hen parties used to be held the night before the wedding , the last opportunity for the girls and boys to go out , or stay at home , with friends of their own sex . |
| 12 | ‘ She thinks he ought to be given the sack , but Mr Potter wo n't hear of it . |
| 13 | The House ought to be given the opportunity to see another document : the document that sets out Labour 's programme , and presents the alternative that Labour Members are well able to encapsulate in amendments to motions but always fight shy of actually producing . |
| 14 | There 's a lot of emphasis these days about individuals growing as individuals , but are you really saying that because women are obviously individuals they ought to be given the opportunity of growing in a way that they could only do if they had jobs ? |
| 15 | Canada ought to be given the encouragement of making a serious bid . |
| 16 | While the BBC had remained a monopoly , television viewers had no programme choices nor , for that matter , could there be any argument as to which institution ought to be allocated the revenue obtained from the licence tee . |