Example sentences of "[vb mod] to be [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | This used to be one of my lucky venues and I have some real nice memories of bagging sessions and wads of notes . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The Blackbuck used to be one of the most numerous of the grassland plains animals of the Indian sub-continent . |
| 6 | She used to be one of that Rajneesh lot , she always lives in communes , and Linda told me she was looking for somewhere . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Balm used to be one of the most important herbs in the garden , as it is a strongly bee-orientated plant . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Poor Evelina used to be one of the most fashionable women in Perugia , ’ Cinzia explained . |
| 12 | 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 … |
| 13 | I used to be one of the allocators over there as well |
| 14 | She used to be one of my best friends . |
| 15 | he used to be one of them in America . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Crane driver , television tubes , light bulbs , do you know these bulbs er , they used to come er , we used t they used to be made here , they used to be sent over to Holland and the brass bit used to be put in and the element inside and they used to go over there in cardboard boxes all loose and there used to be hundreds of them broken , they did n't , they did n't worry about it , as long as they , they reckon that as long as they get twenty five percent a hold they were satisfied and they were just in ordinary boxes , no paper in or nothing , just all loose . |
| 18 | they 've erm , erm fifty-eight 's up at Black Bridge , they used to be three of them there and , one of them was used in the |
| 19 | He used to be fond of quoting this rhyme : There is so much bad in the best of us And so much good in the worst of us , That it ill becomes the rest of us , To think evil of any one of us . |
| 20 | Personnel used to be full of cells of specialists , in education , admin , communication , and so on . |
| 21 | The 13th century Coaley Millpond used to be full of crystal clear water . |
| 22 | Anyway ; I used to be petrified of these dragons , even though I knew they probably did n't exist ; I mean I knew there was no Santa Claus , and no fairies and elves , but still thought ghosts and dragons were a possibility , and it only took one to kill you … |
| 23 | I used to be scared of the possibility that one day mum would n't be able to get me up . |
| 24 | I amaze myself — I , who used to be terrified of the unlit hallway — ready to sit it out , unafraid ; friends with the living darkness . |
| 25 | Bill used to be half of a double act with Dave Allen . |
| 26 | ‘ And another thing that 's changed is that I used to be wary of getting into certain types of music , for fear they would show up in my playing ; these days , though , I figure that listening to just about anything is cool . |
| 27 | Be we 've got a lot that we ought to be proud of . |
| 28 | The Sports Council will await Universiade GB 's concurrence with the deal before nominating their man , but it ought to be one of their members with business acumen — which means either David Simon of BP , who is most unlikely to have the time , Raymond Michel , formerly with a distillery , or Norman Jacobs , a partner in one of Britain 's largest firms of solicitors . |
| 29 | But joy of joys , the New Moon in Scorpio on the 29th and some stunning planetary aspects in early November should spark off some kind of personal revival and no matter how many times you have been let down or left in the lurch in the past , emotionally this can and ought to be one of the happiest times you have ever known . |
| 30 | As can be seen from table 2 , practical exercises ought to be one of the best methods for library user education . |