Example sentences of "[adv] [vb mod] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But , while he is of Le Patron Mange Ici school ( which always used to be the sign of a good restaurant ) , I ca n't see that it would have been particularly good for business here . |
| 32 | The house that always used to be warm and welcoming when they got home is now dark and cold . |
| 33 | However , who 's to say that this figure would n't be as open to exaggeration as amp output always used to be ? |
| 34 | Money always used to be a problem in my own life . |
| 35 | IT ALWAYS used to be Chrismuzak — the sound of synthesised carols in stores and malls — that turned me into a Scrooge . |
| 36 | Which was , say , when they 'd started the the roll of bacon , there always used to be some little bits before they got the full rashers , well , you could n't sell those , you could n't s I mean even though things were tight in those days , you could n't sell any sort of bacon , you either sold best back , or you sold belly bacon . |
| 37 | I can always remember that yeah , I won a book called And then er when we came out pictures on Saturday afternoon , there always used to be a gentleman there and he 'd had a great big basket and he 'd like he 'd have a bag of sweets and oranges in these er basket and they used to give the children a bag of sweet and orange and they came out and see pictures for a penny . |
| 38 | That always used to be the case of course . |
| 39 | Well we had er , th there always used to be one man aboard the dumb hopper , wh they used to leave there for Monday morning and they used to p him , a man with him . |
| 40 | That always used to be a fortnight to three weeks to unload a ship but this one ship , that was called , I remember that was called the lovely ship and that had been bombed , that had a bomb drop right on the . |
| 41 | Well y it always used to be stowed down at , come from er Sprawton and stowed on the dock , |
| 42 | You always used to be a lot quicker than this , Jessamy . ’ |
| 43 | always used to be known as Dolly . |
| 44 | always used to be a half term 's work . |
| 45 | Always used to be half term , but Milvia it can only be half an hour ! |
| 46 | 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 |
| 47 | always used to be sort of double depth down but they 're not any longer . |
| 48 | I know it always used to be the first of April though . |
| 49 | now with them changing the the changeover cos they always used to be the letters followed by the numbers . |
| 50 | I 've normally caught a train that 's gone thro straight through , there used to wo I do n't know whether there still is but there always used to be one . |
| 51 | We used to watch it on Saturday afternoons , that always used to be on , wrestling . |
| 52 | It always used to be the case that one never did chemistry until the secondary school level . |
| 53 | Beyond the mill race , what once used to be a pool , with depths of 10 feet of water , a glistening of rainwater on the dried bed enticed two swans to think they were back in business . |
| 54 | Children brought up on a diet of TV and video are no longer as tractable and easy to control , as they once used to be , even in the younger classes of the junior school . |
| 55 | ‘ In fact , if you ask me , there 's as much goes on in most of these valleys as there ever used to be . ’ |
| 56 | Now nev no one ever used to be Codie |
| 57 | And it 's my opinion we both ought to be glad for that . ’ |
| 58 | I respectfully agree with the judge that that would be an inappropriate way of achieving the result which clearly ought to be achieved , which is that a child abducted in the way this little boy was should be able to return home pending a decision as to whether he lives with his father or with his mother . |
| 59 | However , accountants , who also ought to be concerned with the concepts of accountability listed under Divisions I and II , have not traditionally played a major role . |
| 60 | that the people that are supporting the project manager also ought to be encouraged not to just to keep their blinkers on , and work within their own discipline , and say , I 've nothing to worry about , I work to the blue book , I work to the code of practice , I work to the British Standard . |