Example sentences of "[noun pl] that [pron] used [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE name of the current month shows in its Latin origins that it used to be the 10th month of the year , not the 12th . |
| 2 | I 'm old , I know I 'm old and I ca n't do all the things that I used to be able to do . |
| 3 | I have stopped telling customers that it used to be ripened under piles of manure , as it seemed to stop them from buying it . |
| 4 | THE husband of a heavily-pregnant woman found hanging in a garage told one of her friends that he used to be a backing guitarist for Eric Clapton , a court heard yesterday . |
| 5 | THOUGH much smaller in numbers that it used to be , Courtaulds Italia has managed to weld together a team which blends experience with freshness . |
| 6 | The military regime in Iraq laid claim to Kuwait on the grounds that it used to be part of the Ottoman province of Basra . |
| 7 | yes , I suppose actually really you see it 's like the network evenings that there used to be in that ghastly little pub at the West End |