Example sentences of "[adj] and [pers pn] used to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the parishes used to be different and it used to be possible at one time to know approximately where in Orkney somebody came from . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've changed so much and you used to be such a happy child . |
| 3 | It was difficult cos you only had what they we call the joystick behind me and I used to work that and I used to be |
| 4 | None of us mind him at all and he used to be a special friend of Minch 's . ’ |
| 5 | It originated from the crossing of Shorthorns with the local Mancelle from 1830 and it used to be known as the Durham-Mancelle . |