Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [modal v] to [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hill Street used to be a problem , with bucks and bobby-beating . |
| 2 | This particular store in Clapham 's Abbeville Road used to be an ordinary branch of Thresher . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's quite old now , of course , but Sir David Wyndham used to be a really big cheese in the business world … definitely a grand fromage ! ’ |
| 4 | Mick Davies used to be a prison warder at Long Lartin jail . |
| 5 | CHRIS SHEEHAN used to be a heroin addict . |
| 6 | No , no Auntie Annie used to be a stickler on |
| 7 | 19 year old Private Clifford Sampson used to be a painter before joining the army . |