Example sentences of "that used to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They , " she waved her hand towards the door , " They will pull her away from her , take bits of her that used to be all ours , and she 'll be like a visitor here . " |
| 2 | and when we and when we were dredging that up , that used to be all like er er trunks of trees and you could , I mean you could see it when they come up it was very light . |
| 3 | Where the bus , and you know where the buses park and everything , that used to be all sidings right under that bridge that 's got the weight limit on |
| 4 | Well that used to be all the rage once , did n't it ? |
| 5 | Plymouth Drake : tough fight for Dame Janet Fookes in seat that used to be one of most marginal in Britain ; though Lib Dem Val Cox needs only a four per cent swing , Labour barrister Peter Telford has best hopes . |
| 6 | Although at sixty he was becoming a little stooped , and his hair and beard that used to be jet-black were turning to silver , the force of his personality was undeniable . |
| 7 | Oh look it 's all when The Who used to smash their rec , all their , I mean that used to be disgusting . |
| 8 | That is not being disingenuous : that is asking for the kind of conduct that used to be normal on both sides of the House . |
| 9 | I work in a newspaper that used to be male dominated and now I would say three quarters of the wo , three quarters of the people on the news desk are now women . |
| 10 | If there is one unchallenged law of personal computing it is that , given half a chance , they will make something that used to be simple into a completely bewildering nightmare ! |
| 11 | Well though some of it was coming from Argentine , that used to be boneless Argentine beef . |
| 12 | While many of the older farm workers nostalgically regret the passing of horses , none regrets the way in which mechanization has removed much of the physical effort and routine drudgery that used to be involved in working on a farm . |
| 13 | A small lodge house that used to be some sort of appendage of Burnage Court is currently for sale through Hamptons . |
| 14 | There are further curbs on union activity to think up , a pastime that used to be popular but now looks merely gratuitous . |
| 15 | Well she does n't like M C Hammer , he was on , and then there was one week with Germans on it and it was , erm , it 's a German group that used to be popular and have n't done a song for ages . |
| 16 | ‘ England is an island without sea , or else an island that used to be sea-bound , only so long ago that the sea 's now evaporated . ’ |
| 17 | And then course that used to be different , er used to be different size timber two by sixes , four by twos , inch by one , er inch by ou I mean inch |
| 18 | Yeah well her washing , that girl 's washing and that , I think that used to be lovely ! |