Example sentences of "[noun] used [prep] [be] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This horse used to be so difficult , ’ he stated , ‘ and John 's worked wonders with him . ’ |
| 2 | The electric bill used to be so high because we had the electric fire on all the time and we used to leave the oven on as well . |
| 3 | The Americans used to be so arrogant that they refused even to allow the Panamanian flag to fly . |
| 4 | erm , how come the bar meals used to be so cheap when the canteen 's . |
| 5 | The books of which Russian publishers used to be so proud academic research by specialists in culture-related fields are particularly vulnerable . |