Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb mod] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found myself thinking affectionately that I ought to be straightforward with him ; the English liked that . |
| 2 | I said that I used to be partial to them when I smoked . |
| 3 | ‘ And another thing that 's changed is that I used to be wary of getting into certain types of music , for fear they would show up in my playing ; these days , though , I figure that listening to just about anything is cool . |
| 4 | I 'm old , I know I 'm old and I ca n't do all the things that I used to be able to do . |
| 5 | I , I really jiggered myself this morning and I was only out about half an hour , you know , and I used to be able to do a full day ! |
| 6 | I 'd never eaten breakfast on weekdays before , and I used to be starving by lunch-time and pig out . |
| 7 | He behaves exactly as if I ought to be ashamed . |
| 8 | When I used to be involved in the old days , people used to say : ‘ I 'm from Coopers , I 'm from Peats , and this is the way we do it' ’ . |