Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] [pers pn] used to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ridge is formed by the algal genus , Porolithon , not by Lithothamnion after which it used to be named . |
| 2 | During a recent election broadcast he featured as Sir Denis ‘ Foreman ’ — as in the foreman of a building site , rather than of Granada of which he used to be deputy chairman . |
| 3 | Many , for example , talked about the gangs they had once been involved in but these gangs , if they remained at all , were not , as one Town Boy said , ‘ a shadow of what they used to be ’ . |
| 4 | All these actions led to the reduction of oil prices until they dropped to half of what they used to be … |
| 5 | I had a conversation the other day with Con that reminded me of what I used to be , before I got corrupted by this place . |
| 6 | But they said the number was only a fraction of what it used to be . |
| 7 | He 's very uncooperative and aggressive , not at all like what he used to be … oh yes , it is a strain . ’ |
| 8 | It is hoped that Rambert will be one of the first companies to appear at the Festival Theatre when it opens next year , by which time Christopher Bruce will have taken over as artistic director of the company with which he used to be a leading dancer and choreographer . |
| 9 | You have changed so much , you are a different person from what you used to be . ’ |
| 10 | Except that their role is more obscure to the public eye , the authorities ' influence over short-term interest rates is not very different from what it used to be when they announced an MLR each week and expected institutions to comply . |
| 11 | ‘ They are fiercer than they have been for years , right back to what they used to be , ’ he said . |
| 12 | What I do n't understand if all they need to do is revert back to what they used to be and come straight through on the on the ordinary route . |
| 13 | But he gave up on that to tell us this — things ai n't a patch on what they used to be . |