Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [modal v] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah well she 's friendly , well my mum used to be really really good friends with her and then my parents split up and , and like they , they went like water to my dad 's side |
| 2 | Jay had no inclination to go through the who are you , what do you do , oh really , gosh my brother-in-law used to be in the same field . |
| 3 | Now he 's got his arm round where my waist used to be . |
| 4 | My name used to be Rhodesia . |
| 5 | ‘ My father used to be a member of the County Cricket Club . ’ |
| 6 | That gap where my fireplace used to be , |
| 7 | I run the tips of my fingers over this beard at difficult moments and am reassured by its fibrous smoothness as much as my son used to be , when he was a little younger , by the feel of his old piece of blanket . |
| 8 | My mother used to be in |
| 9 | When our modern ladies shall follow such examples in everything their plea ought to be allowed in this . |
| 10 | This would imply that if supplemental oxygen is given its administration ought to be extended into the postgastroscopy period . |
| 11 | Their influence used to be great . |
| 12 | their office used to be there , now they got a place on the dock |
| 13 | Really , their mother ought to be told — Nick , you must speak to Martin … |
| 14 | for , in her face and in her voice , and in her touch , she gave the assurance that suffering had been stronger than Miss Havisham 's teachings , and had given her a heart to understand what his heart used to be . |
| 15 | Kenneth Stanley from Telford could n't believe his eyes when he saw a gaping hole where his pond used to be . |
| 16 | Perhaps he has forgotten that his lord ought to be murdering his lady just at this juncture ; or perhaps he thinks Emilia is as corrupt as himself ; or perhaps he does not understand love , The error is great , since Emilia is the only person who knows the truth about the handkerchief . |
| 17 | Just build up of , erm I was talking to our Tom about nosebleeds , Alan was saying that his father used to be a lot like David and he used to get terrible headaches and it used to end up in a really bad nosebleed and he started giving blood regular and it stopped it . |
| 18 | His cousin , Francis Drake , who had also been among the survivors of San Juan de Ulloa , took a more aggressive attitude to the Spanish empire ; as an uncompromising Protestant he felt that his country ought to be at war with Spain and , if it would not do this , he would fight on his own account , looking round for people prepared to invest in a private attack on the wealth of Spain . |
| 19 | David Herrick , 60 , returned to the Costa del Sol in October , after a holiday back home in Hull , to find a vacant lot where his house used to be . |
| 20 | His brother used to be his brother and all . |
| 21 | ‘ And I think that Archie told you that your cottage used to be where his family lived . |
| 22 | Eric 's parents , who , according to him , could scarcely be regarded as enthusiastic churchgoers , now developed a strong feeling that any children that might result from our marriage ought to be brought up as members of the Church of England . |
| 23 | I think that generally they came in because they liked the style erm they , they , usually had er , in their minds what they wanted and because they go round and see all these fittings at night , I mean our shop used to be all the fittings were lit up at night so that you could have a look in , erm it 's very confusing I think when you , you 've got an awful lot of fittings in , in , in a shop and , and all of them lit , decide which one 's gon na to be the best for your house , but I think most of them already had ideas what , what sort of fitting they wanted and of course we used to do a great deal of |
| 24 | Look what a frightful sight your flat used to be . |
| 25 | Like where your father used to be overseer ? " |
| 26 | And do n't forget , our dog used to be called Sherry ! |
| 27 | In the past , when we knew less than we do now , our advice used to be extra cautious . |
| 28 | ‘ How fine your life used to be , runnin' around banging' your drum like it 's |
| 29 | ‘ How fine your life used to be , runnin' around banging' your drum like it 's |
| 30 | Your mam used to be like that but she had she had a cylinder of oxygen in the house as well . |