Example sentences of "[vb mod] [prep] [be] common " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same kind of accident used to be common with gliders , and the pilots could never remember anything after the first bounce . |
| 2 | They used to be common in the Aberdeen Angus too . |
| 3 | What diseases used to be common but now are hardly ever heard of ? |
| 4 | While this used to be common practice , it is now widely considered sexist : such usage represents the masculine as the norm , and so marginalises women . |
| 5 | It used to be common for agreements for the supply of crude oil to do the same , but these have gone out of fashion in recent years with the volatility of oil prices : they may reappear if the oil price settles down . |
| 6 | And they have agreed a uniform black colour scheme for all garages to prevent mix-ups with petrol , which used to be common in the early days of the diesel revolution . |
| 7 | Which used to be common place . |