Example sentences of "as [pers pn] used to [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is now very difficult to park a car in Funchal as areas are being made into pedestrian streets and the central reservations in Avenida Arriaga are being restored to walking areas , as they used to be before cars took them over . |
| 2 | Employers are not as co-operative as they used to be and players ca n't afford to throw up a job with the employment market as it is ’ — GEORGE SPOTSWOOD ( Irish RFU technical officer ) . |
| 3 | She had never learned to read , either , and on the very rare occasions she received a letter Christine was called in to read it to her , Miss Miggs being careful to explain that her eyes were n't as good as they used to be or that she could n't find her glasses . |
| 4 | that 's the only link with Caldmore as it used to be and Caldmore as it is now |
| 5 | Alain Prost is not as quick as he used to be but was smarter , and Nigel Mansell is not the smoothest driver around but he has a lot of ‘ mechanical talent ’ . |