Example sentences of "a [noun] [Wh pn] [modal v] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicholas Roe , a writer who used to be a fishmonger , says : ‘ I seemed to spend more time sending fish back than selling it . |
| 2 | Such is my concern for the liberty of the subject that I am prepared to allow a contemnor who ought to be punished for contempt to go unpunished ; and that is so , notwithstanding that Parliament envisages that I could consider imposing a just punishment . ’ |
| 3 | Alyce Faye , with whom he now lives , sunbathes in the garden and chats to a friend who used to be John 's accountant ( ‘ A Bennite , ’ says John , rather proudly . ) |
| 4 | DE VALERA : A man who used to be President Of Ireland before he turned into Jimmy Stewart . |
| 5 | It is , of course , pathetic that a man who used to be a raging republican should turn into a slavering royal poodle , just as it is sad that his economic and political principles should have become as unrecognisable as the Welsh rugby team . |