Example sentences of "used [prep] be so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You used to be so good at that . |
| 2 | than that dear it 's down the other end , the other side of Old Harlow , but he used to have a surgery there which he , you know , made it better after the erm , to ease up Dr surgery cos that was so packed and the shops were absolutely and you used to have to queue and queue for , to get your shopping , you could n't , I used to cycle into Harlow and leave my cycle somewhere and then go along do my shopping , but it used to be two or three hours ' job it was , you did n't get done till dinner time and then I used to call it a , a lady used to say call there that used to have the fried fish and chip shop on the corner of erm Harlow and I used to go there and have a cup of tea before I came home because I used to be so long shopping you could n't get served you see , it 's too many people , there was nowhere else for them to go , it was only Bishop 's Stortford you had to go |
| 3 | I used to do all sorts of other jobs to keep going — I used to be so confident that work was round the corner that when I became a cellarman in a wine shop , I said to my family , ‘ Of course , I 'll only be here for a week or two , you know , ’ and a year later I was still there . |
| 4 | You know , it all used to be so simple . |
| 5 | erm , how come the bar meals used to be so cheap when the canteen 's . |
| 6 | Since she 's gone there 's been a gap … it made my life better , because — she had a garden I could use … and it was like a job — I felt I was led to do that job … and she used to be so pleased to see me , she used to almost embrace me with tears in her eyes . |
| 7 | The books of which Russian publishers used to be so proud academic research by specialists in culture-related fields are particularly vulnerable . |
| 8 | The Americans used to be so arrogant that they refused even to allow the Panamanian flag to fly . |
| 9 | The electric bill used to be so high because we had the electric fire on all the time and we used to leave the oven on as well . |
| 10 | YOU NEVER USED TO BE SO SELF-CRITICAL , CAPTAIN . |
| 11 | I believe she used to be so reluctant about marrying people because marriage is important to her , she 's only been waiting for the right one . ’ |
| 12 | What used to be so thrilling , though , was the sense of colossal size behind the playing , ready to erupt at any moment , plus the extraordinary risks Berman would take when the adrenalin was flowing . |
| 13 | ‘ This horse used to be so difficult , ’ he stated , ‘ and John 's worked wonders with him . ’ |
| 14 | And she used to be so pretty … ’ |
| 15 | It used to be so secretive . |
| 16 | You know she used to be so petite , but god them damn legs on her ! |
| 17 | She used to be so lovely ’ |
| 18 | But of course it was lovely with er , er they used to trim it up Christmas time you know and it used to be so lovely . |
| 19 | " If people said " Oh no — I do n't want to do that " I used to be so surprised . " |
| 20 | The scrutiny of a presidential candidate 's private life never used to be so intense . |