Example sentences of "n't what [pron] [modal v] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hollywood Indians are n't what they used to be . |
| 2 | HARD men ai n't what they used to be ! |
| 3 | FINS ai n't what they used to be for Doug Laughton and Graeme Souness |
| 4 | ‘ Well , ’ said Dracula , ‘ fangs ai n't what they used to be ! ’ |
| 5 | Because of his principles he had n't served in the Forces and they 'd made him do labouring jobs instead , so that now his hands were n't what they used to be either . |
| 6 | ‘ Fings ai n't what they used to be , ’ sang Max Bygraves . |
| 7 | Spies ai n't what they used to be |
| 8 | ‘ Nostalgia ai n't what it used to be , ’ interjected Andrew , quoting the latest college graffiti . |
| 9 | My wife was the first to notice it : running a bath was n't what it used to be ; no more gush of water , just a diminishing trickle . |
| 10 | Payola is n't what it used to be . |
| 11 | The future ai n't what it used to be |
| 12 | English cricket is n't what it used to be . |
| 13 | Fleet Street ai n't what it used to be . |
| 14 | My voice is n't what it used to be . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Dear diary , history is n't what it used to be . ’ |
| 16 | Garbo , Garland , Gardner , Garson and Gable were there — and that was just the Gs — but the old grey Mayer was n't what he used to be , and he had been ousted from MGM by the time Nicholson arrived as a messenger boy . |