Example sentences of "[modal v] to be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is one unchallenged law of personal computing it is that , given half a chance , they will make something that used to be simple into a completely bewildering nightmare ! |
| 2 | ‘ I used to be good at running , trained three times a week and I was always competing . |
| 3 | He gets all over the pitch , and I could see him fitting in in all kinds of areas , he used to be good for Spurs even when the defence came under pressure , and he 'd tackle back , becoming the ball winner . |
| 4 | Instead of meandering up a path to the top , chatting amicably to a pal about how George Michael used to be good in Wham and passing round the butterscotch , they choose a cliff and try to reach the summit by slowly inching their way up vertical rock , pushing their fingers into tiny fissures and standing with one toe on a ledge the size of a pebble . |
| 5 | All the parishes used to be different and it used to be possible at one time to know approximately where in Orkney somebody came from . |
| 6 | ‘ I used to be nervous before big games , but what has happened this year has given me increasing confidence , ’ said Beal . |
| 7 | I said that I used to be partial to them when I smoked . |
| 8 | This disease occurs in tropical climes and used to be endemic in parts of Africa , South America , the Indian sub-continent , Indonesia , Australia , and the West Indies . |
| 9 | And there used to be two on the Road , one used to be called Palladium and one used to be called the Palace . |
| 10 | Well the big there 's gon na be big problems really because erm there used to be two of us that were F grades , yeah ? |
| 11 | This used to be one of my lucky venues and I have some real nice memories of bagging sessions and wads of notes . |
| 12 | Plymouth Drake : tough fight for Dame Janet Fookes in seat that used to be one of most marginal in Britain ; though Lib Dem Val Cox needs only a four per cent swing , Labour barrister Peter Telford has best hopes . |
| 13 | The adapter , Andy de la Tour , used to be one of the unfunniest comedians on the alternative cabaret circuit , a chap with a black hole where his sense of humour ought to be . |
| 14 | The Blackbuck used to be one of the most numerous of the grassland plains animals of the Indian sub-continent . |
| 15 | She used to be one of that Rajneesh lot , she always lives in communes , and Linda told me she was looking for somewhere . |
| 16 | The continued squeeze on defence procurement , combined with a demand for ever-more complex weaponry , has encouraged NATO to think the once-unthinkable : a code of practice for defence companies that should wring better value for money out of what used to be one of the capitalist world 's most protected and pampered industries . |
| 17 | The Martin Gropius building is an imposing brick block , which stands on what used to be one of the borders between East and West Berlin . |
| 18 | Balm used to be one of the most important herbs in the garden , as it is a strongly bee-orientated plant . |
| 19 | Scotswood Road and the Armstrong Vickers factory used to be one of the busiest places in Newcastle , ( it even earned a mention in one of the best known Geordie songs — hence the programme 's title ) with the factory employing most of the residents . |
| 20 | ‘ Poor Evelina used to be one of the most fashionable women in Perugia , ’ Cinzia explained . |
| 21 | Coventry used to be one of the best teams in England … they 've won the cup twice … now they 're in the second division and they had a hard time on saturday … five penalty kicks saw them through … with three tries … none of which were that dazzling … it was Hereford who entertained … their last try was something special something to remember … |
| 22 | I used to be one of the allocators over there as well |
| 23 | She used to be one of my best friends . |
| 24 | he used to be one of them in America . |
| 25 | I fret often for the days when I lived and worked in the countryside , but one sad sight used to be that of herds of demented idiots vandalising the scenery and terrorising nature in their delirious lust for an innocent animal 's life . |
| 26 | Pauline used to be keen on that sort of thing , but she 's gone off it since we gave up Italy as a holiday venue . |
| 27 | The place used to be lousy with them . |
| 28 | It used to be amazing at the end of the week to be paid , to have money in your hand for the work you had done . |
| 29 | and when we and when we were dredging that up , that used to be all like er er trunks of trees and you could , I mean you could see it when they come up it was very light . |
| 30 | It used to be all in that little log book on the wall . |