Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [vb mod] to be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly September , October and November used to be the seventh , eighth and ninth months , and March was the first month of the year according to the old Julian calendar instituted in 46BC . |
| 2 | well he apparently spoke to erm , he had quite a lengthy conversation with Ron Atkinson apparently , cos Atkinson used to be the manager of Tettron did n't he ? |
| 3 | Aileen 's amazed and Harry used to be a teacher , Bobby |
| 4 | Oh yes , oh yes , oh mum went there for years and years every Saturday yeah , and as I say the wagonettes used to erm be stationed up by Albion Street , to take er shopping and , and er and Rushbrooks used to be the big confectioners then , that 's on the , it used to be on the corner of erm Albion , well there 's a market there , an indoor market now is n't there yeah they were the er the big confectioners Rushbrooks , and er bakers and confectioners and er all the barrels of flour used to be , you could see all that going in you know but er I do n't know whether it is , am I making it interesting , is it interesting for you ? |
| 5 | As Gloucester used to be a major droving centre , there was inevitably much crossing with various Welsh types and the Gloucester 's slender , white , dark-tipped horns , spreading quite wide and tilting upwards at the tip , are often similar in style to those of the Welsh , though more refined and a little shorter . |