Example sentences of "[noun prp] used to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Phoenix used to be such a good pub . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Watford used to be a team the big clubs feared in Cup football , but our record in recent seasons has been poor . |
| 5 | Its western end is now at Marble Arch , where Tyburn used to be . |
| 6 | Jane used to be a girl guide and gained her Baden Powell Trefoil . |
| 7 | Good Friday in East Anglia used to be the traditional day for planting potatoes . |
| 8 | In his BBC days , Hanna used to be overweight and combative . |
| 9 | England used to be a country with red pillar boxes and policemen with red noses and decent law-abiding citizens you could eat your dinner off . |
| 10 | The Bank of England used to be the City 's leader ; in recent times it has seemed content to be its cheerleader . |
| 11 | Do you remember that George and Mildred used to be on telly in comedy ? |
| 12 | The cattle of Scotland used to be of many colours but predominantly black and of the Highland or Galloway type . |
| 13 | What February used to be sort of reckoned for rain did n't it ? |
| 14 | What IBM used to be , Microsoft is . |
| 15 | The 13th century Coaley Millpond used to be full of crystal clear water . |
| 16 | This particular store in Clapham 's Abbeville Road used to be an ordinary branch of Thresher . |
| 17 | It 's easy to see how important the Occupation Road used to be , because every so often the little becks that rundown from the fell to cross the track are culverted underneath the lane through well-made stone-lined tunnels . |
| 18 | 19 year old Private Clifford Sampson used to be a painter before joining the army . |
| 19 | Hill Street used to be a problem , with bucks and bobby-beating . |
| 20 | It sounds crazy — as crazy as Steve Martin used to be . |
| 21 | ‘ Blackpool used to be a riot when we walked out , ’ said one Mite . |
| 22 | Seagal used to be a martial arts expert , so at least the stunts are worth watching , even if the principals are n't ( Seagal looks like Chuck Norris on Mogadon and LeBrock really should n't be wearing such a tight skirt ) . |
| 23 | At a rough guess , Pierremont Gardens today stands where the real gardens of Pierremont used to be . |
| 24 | Going a little bit further east , Rye used to be a very important port , and erm that was , what , in the sixteenth century certainly and possibly even later than that . |
| 25 | Coventry used to be one of the best teams in England … they 've won the cup twice … now they 're in the second division and they had a hard time on saturday … five penalty kicks saw them through … with three tries … none of which were that dazzling … it was Hereford who entertained … their last try was something special something to remember … |
| 26 | It was a delicious cheese , as good as the true Glamorgan Caerphilly used to be . |
| 27 | I 've been racking my brain to remember what Sue Puffett used to be called . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | At this time when youth is most exultant , this poetry is thumbed night and day ; a page is opened at random , as Virgil used to be , for a word big with fate . |
| 30 | Aileen 's amazed and Harry used to be a teacher , Bobby |