Example sentences of "[modal v] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In the past , when we knew less than we do now , our advice used to be extra cautious . |
| 32 | I said that I used to be partial to them when I smoked . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | In areas where other treponematoses used to be endemic , as was yaws in the West Indies , the eradication of the non-venereal treponemal disease has been followed by an upsurge in the incidence of syphilis , perhaps because there is an ecological niche to be filled . |
| 35 | This disease occurs in tropical climes and used to be endemic in parts of Africa , South America , the Indian sub-continent , Indonesia , Australia , and the West Indies . |
| 36 | 1 used to be sad . |
| 37 | ‘ I used to be sad and pathetic , but I 'm not so miserable any more . |
| 38 | They used to be bloody thirty odd quid , forty odd quid . |
| 39 | ‘ It used to be salted char that was popular — I 'm told that Henry VIII ordered it in barrelfuls — and then there were char pies — some of them three or four stone in weight : now they seem to want it potted in little jars . |
| 40 | they used to be cheap , there was a lot of one pound seventy , they 're only a little slab , drive me boring doing the little ones , so you might as well get two of the big ones once you 've done |
| 41 | And er well you go further through and you can go to the erm And the the Narrowmarsh it was narrow and all , you could shake hands with one another o off the but it now is all council houses is built down there now where they only used to be ordinary little houses . |
| 42 | It 's not long ago , Aunt Tossie thought ( or said to Gigi — who was still eking out her parrot 's longevity ) that we used to be rich , dear bird . |
| 43 | Well though some of it was coming from Argentine , that used to be boneless Argentine beef . |
| 44 | You used to be more fastidious , used to be above servants — ‘ We must not exploit them , ’ you told Hector once — how we laughed over that ! ’ |
| 45 | Arbitration clauses in employment contracts used to be rare . |
| 46 | Also sending-offs used to be rare . |
| 47 | Pauline used to be keen on that sort of thing , but she 's gone off it since we gave up Italy as a holiday venue . |
| 48 | First of all I 'm surprised at the outburst that was given to us by Mr I would regard as my er yahabeebee and sadiki if you wish er , but he mentioned in fact the er , what used to be barbaric ac , barbaric er practice in er Pakistan . |
| 49 | Oh look it 's all when The Who used to smash their rec , all their , I mean that used to be disgusting . |
| 50 | The place used to be lousy with them . |
| 51 | Eleven o'clock , there were n't restrictions then on , they could keep open as long as they liked , no restrictions on , on time , and er as I say their own place you know it really it was picturesque , I thought in since erm I contacted you I 've been thinking how , what I could help with and er what I could still think about , and er it was really a sight because to walk and it always used to be crowded , well it was one of the best markets round here and er people used to go off and from Bloxwich and er although there 's a good market at Walsall there was n't a Bloxwich market then sadly for years and years , but erm and then if you went to Wolverhampton you got to walk through Windsfield you got to er walk everywhere you went then and except on a Saturday night when the wagonettes used to run on a Saturday but it was amazing to see the girl behind the range now controlling |
| 52 | The demonstration was organized to coincide with what used to be Armed Forces Day . |
| 53 | Audio-visual materials , cassettes and videotapes , and access to computer based learning will simplify a lot of what used to be dull and repetitive work . |
| 54 | Her eyes , which used to be dull and filmy , have got some of their sparkle back . |
| 55 | I used to be aloof because I did n't want people becoming too familiar . |
| 56 | It used to be occasional or more perhaps , sometimes show time different shows and that . |
| 57 | Diesel economics used to be easy to calculate . |
| 58 | Recession budgets used to be easy to predict . |
| 59 | Making a list of the most powerful people in the country used to be easy . |
| 60 | She never used to be tired . |