Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] to [be] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | New housing ( Seaview Gardens ) is under construction where the pit offices used to be and in Nelson Close twin symbols of the Conservative years the television dish and the burglar alarm sprout with the Spring . |
| 2 | Through events of different kinds we are likely to be put in touch with aspects of ourselves which previously have been overlooked — we are given a jolt , and have to make a bridge between how things used to be and how they threatened . |
| 3 | I watched the smoky flame waver inside the place where the dog 's brains used to be and I closed my eyes . |
| 4 | Doctors are held in high regard by society , teachers used to be and social workers strive to be . |
| 5 | change the way that we thought children ought to be and educa |