Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] used [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Money always used to be a problem in my own life . |
| 2 | Where the eye often used to be bruised by hectic entrances and exits , Page now keeps his dancers on the stage , shifting them around in complex patterns or gathering them up in long architectural phrases . |
| 3 | Mr John Bates for the prosecution [ when six football supporters were charged ] said : ‘ While a football match years ago used to be regarded as one of the perks of the job by the police , it is now the reverse . |
| 4 | I remember I remember years ago used to be , |
| 5 | However , who 's to say that this figure would n't be as open to exaggeration as amp output always used to be ? |
| 6 | The moorlands also used to be a larder for great raptors : hen harrier and short-eared owl , quartering the heather in endless search of prey . |
| 7 | The scrutiny of a presidential candidate 's private life never used to be so intense . |
| 8 | It was very tiring and actually the perspiration just used to be dropping off me by the time I got into the flat . |