Example sentences of "[adv] [modal v] [prep] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then in the streets , there was no electric lights in the street , they all used to be gas . |
| 2 | IT ALWAYS used to be Chrismuzak — the sound of synthesised carols in stores and malls — that turned me into a Scrooge . |
| 3 | always used to be sort of double depth down but they 're not any longer . |
| 4 | Now nev no one ever used to be Codie |
| 5 | But Miller 's achievement was to liberate the District from feelings of guilt that the bulk of its provision really ought to be Tutorial Classes for manual workers in political and social studies . |
| 6 | Nowadays I mean I know there never used to be apprenticeships for women but |