Example sentences of "[modal v] [prep] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Course i e , it 's very expensive now but it it only used to be about one and six a pound right up to the end of the war and it 's now two pounds a pound and |
| 2 | Twelve , thirteen , yeah cos he used to be on ten at the old place and he gets about two thousand more |
| 3 | And they were like that and then of course they used to be er no washing machines you used to be at these here tubs . |
| 4 | She used to be with Grand Metropolitan and now , apparently , they 've had to appoint men to fill her post . |
| 5 | The cattle of Scotland used to be of many colours but predominantly black and of the Highland or Galloway type . |
| 6 | They all have alluvial flood plains or levels of wet permanent pasture in which extensive flooding used to be of frequent occurrence , but many improvement schemes have been instituted in recent years with stretches of river being straightened and flood banks raised . |
| 7 | Sheep used to be of great importance to the British economy . |
| 8 | The children were deeply ashamed : ‘ He used to be like that when Luke was here , Rose ; only it was worse . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Yer never used to be like that till they came wi' their hot water and their olive oil — oil 's fer boilin' people not for washin' in . ’ |
| 10 | The point is , it never used to be like that in Scotland , Hogmanay was the main event , short and pagan and festive in a Scottish kind of way . |
| 11 | ‘ It used to be like that , but times have changed , ’ Harry argued . |
| 12 | She felt like screaming that she never used to be like that . |
| 13 | I know she used to be like that with me |
| 14 | You do n't want I used to be like that |
| 15 | They used to be like that . |
| 16 | Laddie used to be like that did n't he ? |
| 17 | where you know , well it never used to be like that . |
| 18 | I used to be like that . |
| 19 | I used to , I used to be like that you know terrible . |
| 20 | Your mam used to be like that but she had she had a cylinder of oxygen in the house as well . |
| 21 | Of course it never used to be like this . |
| 22 | It never used to be like this before . |
| 23 | ‘ They did n't used to be like this . |
| 24 | Never used to be like this , I do n't know why it is now |
| 25 | Yeah , he used to be like this |
| 26 | It is 1800 light-years away , so that we see it today as it used to be in Roman times ; it is white , with an A-type spectrum . |
| 27 | They used to be in that size I , I ca n't remember now , that size used to be I ca n't remember , no . |
| 28 | yes , I suppose actually really you see it 's like the network evenings that there used to be in that ghastly little pub at the West End |
| 29 | It used to be in all the fields then , and he used to take all the kids gathering coltsfoot . |
| 30 | Used to be in all the quizzes . |