Example sentences of "[noun prp] used to [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Watford used to be a team the big clubs feared in Cup football , but our record in recent seasons has been poor . |
| 2 | Jane used to be a girl guide and gained her Baden Powell Trefoil . |
| 3 | England used to be a country with red pillar boxes and policemen with red noses and decent law-abiding citizens you could eat your dinner off . |
| 4 | 19 year old Private Clifford Sampson used to be a painter before joining the army . |
| 5 | Hill Street used to be a problem , with bucks and bobby-beating . |
| 6 | ‘ Blackpool used to be a riot when we walked out , ’ said one Mite . |
| 7 | Seagal used to be a martial arts expert , so at least the stunts are worth watching , even if the principals are n't ( Seagal looks like Chuck Norris on Mogadon and LeBrock really should n't be wearing such a tight skirt ) . |
| 8 | Going a little bit further east , Rye used to be a very important port , and erm that was , what , in the sixteenth century certainly and possibly even later than that . |
| 9 | Aileen 's amazed and Harry used to be a teacher , Bobby |
| 10 | Julian used to be a good-looking man somehow clouded , dispersed , by layers of fat and the radiation of pure thought ; now he is simply a cadaverous , eagly , extraordinarily randy man . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , Ralph used to be a tea importer , third generation in a family business . |
| 12 | ‘ He 's quite old now , of course , but Sir David Wyndham used to be a really big cheese in the business world … definitely a grand fromage ! ’ |
| 13 | The toy section in this Oxfam shop in Oxford used to be a honeypot for children , but there 's not much to choose from in it now . |
| 14 | Mick Davies used to be a prison warder at Long Lartin jail . |
| 15 | Thursday used to be a good night in the paper for motors . |
| 16 | CHRIS SHEEHAN used to be a heroin addict . |
| 17 | No , no Auntie Annie used to be a stickler on |
| 18 | As Gloucester used to be a major droving centre , there was inevitably much crossing with various Welsh types and the Gloucester 's slender , white , dark-tipped horns , spreading quite wide and tilting upwards at the tip , are often similar in style to those of the Welsh , though more refined and a little shorter . |
| 19 | Jimmy used to be a pal of mine , used to go in there regular and he 'd got one of these new electric razors |
| 20 | Husband John used to be a professional boxer … and has beaten former heavyweight champ Joe Bugner on more than one occasion . |