Example sentences of "[noun] used to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Phoenix used to be such a good pub . |
| 2 | Yes , well up here in Scotland er where I live erm the maincrop variety Golden Wonder tends to certainly need a par boiling and a par boiling only er when cooking so it needs about what five to six minutes or something like that but erm any more and the tatties go to mash and er that 's why I think a lot of the Golden Wonders er in Scotland are cooked in their skins but erm if I was to go for a variety that er I enjoy would be one called Pentland Ivory , it 's a , a nice flowery spud er and you get quite a plentiful supply of them too so it 's quite a good variety but you know the old Kerr 's Pink used to be called I think Henry 's Seedling , I remember rightly and then it changed its name to Kerr 's Pink because Kerr was a seedsman up in who really introduced it and er that was just after the first world war and that 's a good one , that 's a very good one and it 's got that waxy skin as well you see so it might be quite useful . |
| 3 | These tough little animals used to be swum across the narrow straits ( or Kyles , hence the alternative name ‘ Kyloe ’ for the breed ) between the islands and the mainland . |
| 4 | The pre-eminent location for this type of holding used to be Panama , but its political tribulations have damaged confidence . |
| 5 | An occasional railtour has used the line in recent years , and one employed green liveried class 20 's 20030/64 , seen at Neepsend where the entrance to the old GC engine sheds used to be . |
| 6 | It therefore adjoins Ursa Major , and in ancient times Thuban or Alpha Draconis used to be the north polar star . |
| 7 | When I stayed overnight at my nan 's , which I often did , I actually slept in a room next to where the old monastery used to be . |
| 8 | Staxigoe used to be far more important than Wick ; a busy fishing port , where Scandinavian timber was imported and the small harbour bustled with boats long before Wick gained pre-eminence as the most notable herring fishing station in Europe during the nineteenth century . |
| 9 | Psychologism , through its influence in marriage guidance and churches , and also through its effects in the world of work — in personnel management , for example — is able to link the two spheres in a way religion used to be able to do but can not do any longer . |
| 10 | There were bats where the roof used to be before . |
| 11 | For most of the past two years , after the first cracks in the ice were heard , Eastern Europe 's future used to be seen something like this . |
| 12 | The offices used to be in West Byfleet in Surrey . |
| 13 | New housing ( Seaview Gardens ) is under construction where the pit offices used to be and in Nelson Close twin symbols of the Conservative years the television dish and the burglar alarm sprout with the Spring . |
| 14 | Winter snow used to be stored here from nearby drifts and provided a supply of caked ice throughout the following summer for the wealthy inhabitants and the hotels in Funchal . |
| 15 | erm she was hefty though and her sister Ann used to be enormous years ago this is , and erm she went on a , a diet , I do n't know what , how , how she lost the weight but she did and I , I had n't seen her for some years and I remember her coming to the factory this day , and she came in and she , she used to do er her flower shop , she used to do flower arrangements and the girls at work would order them you know ? |
| 16 | ‘ This horse used to be so difficult , ’ he stated , ‘ and John 's worked wonders with him . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It 's like all the Italian restaurants used to be , is n't it ? |
| 18 | The menu was 600 francs , and while the food was very simple it reminded me of what Provençal restaurants used to be like in the days before even the most ordinary of Provençal dishes became a " speciality " listed on the menu as a supplement at 750 francs . |
| 19 | Celebrity homes used to be guaranteed to make big bucks but not any more . ’ |
| 20 | Some of the preachers used to be very enthusiastic , not to say a trifle over-active , when delivering their message . |
| 21 | Jay had no inclination to go through the who are you , what do you do , oh really , gosh my brother-in-law used to be in the same field . |
| 22 | Life insurers used to be able to show any profit from selling a bond in the year in which they traded it . |
| 23 | Balbinder used to be ‘ wild ’ , but he had learned to share and to take part in group work , despite still being a very lively child . |
| 24 | Kenneth Stanley from Telford could n't believe his eyes when he saw a gaping hole where his pond used to be . |
| 25 | The kids used to be standing there one time — well , we hit them a few times with the cape and it had a bottle in it . |
| 26 | Winter injection used to be popular , until experts found that wet soil often did n't absorb the slurry properly and increased the danger of run-off . |
| 27 | ISC used to be run as a state-within-a-state by James Guerin , its founder , until his forced departure from the group in May . |
| 28 | ( Spencer Shops used to be a railroad maintenance / classification facility owned by Southern Railway ) . |
| 29 | What did the shops used to be like cos you used to have to go to the Old Town did n't you ? |
| 30 | The scientists and philosophers — and I think it 's significant that scientific study used to be called natural philosophy — they think in a big way , about yesterday and tomorrow , about the whole great sweep of mankind in the world . |