Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [prep] be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In England the Lords of Trade certainly had no money to spend on the colonies ; and would have been quite as surprised as any earlier generations at a suggestion that they ought to be spending money on them . |
| 2 | Locust beans they used to be animal feed I think . |
| 3 | They used to be Captain America , until Mr Marvel got the hump and Mr C&A took exception to their logo , now they 're called EUGENIUS , Kurt Cobain still likes them a lot and they may well be the new Nirvana of Vaselined Fannies . |
| 4 | They used to be Bangor fans but I think I have won them over to Glentoran . ’ |
| 5 | During the Labour landslide they used to be love letters . |
| 6 | They used to be tea services , carpets , nice odd carpets and mirrors and dolls and everything . |
| 7 | Even Japan has given up the fight in some market areas where they used to be world leaders : And even the new industrial nations , in their turn , will eventually be undercut and have to move on : To what ? |