Example sentences of "used [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They used to be brilliant . |
| 2 | Ho Choi 's use used to be brilliant ! |
| 3 | ‘ There used to be 200 , but since the food stopped coming … a lot of women came mainly for the donations . |
| 4 | The date on it used to be 1623 , but I see they 've changed it to 1610 , though I do n't agree with either of those dates . |
| 5 | I mean , Angela , one of the twins , we used to be close . |
| 6 | I used to be close mates with The head chef of the goal-line restaurant . |
| 7 | If there is one unchallenged law of personal computing it is that , given half a chance , they will make something that used to be simple into a completely bewildering nightmare ! |
| 8 | Well what used to be simple and straightforward now leaves you with th wondering whether you got the right card in your pocket |
| 9 | They used to be sharp if you was n't careful . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes — I never used to be tidy , you know , but since the children grew up I 'm less able to tolerate mess — and Christmas is so messy ! ’ |
| 11 | Dave used to be the Chairman of the Young Conservatives at thirty two , er , he was also a local councillor in nineteen seventy-five to nineteen seventy-eight in his home town of , erm , and he used to be Rotarian , for two years , he goes to raise money for charities . |
| 12 | The areas involved are small , but there used to be many unsightly corners in the mining villages near St Austell and , by making improvements here and there , English China Clays has done much to make life more pleasant for local residents . |
| 13 | Mr Woodward knew the area well and there were no railways here at all ; there used to be many years ago and there are still signs of the old trackbed to be seen . |
| 14 | The assumption of this explanation is , of course , that there used to be many couples who wanted a divorce but could not have one because their case was not covered by any legislation . |
| 15 | But there are other situations ( and there used to be many more ) in which the social status of the household is measured by the give/take transactions of the wife rather than of the husband . |
| 16 | Instead of meandering up a path to the top , chatting amicably to a pal about how George Michael used to be good in Wham and passing round the butterscotch , they choose a cliff and try to reach the summit by slowly inching their way up vertical rock , pushing their fingers into tiny fissures and standing with one toe on a ledge the size of a pebble . |
| 17 | ‘ I used to be good at running , trained three times a week and I was always competing . |
| 18 | Erm , capital bonds , they used to be good rates , they , they 've deteriorated really , National Savings certificates well I 've covered index-linked , the only one I 'd really say er is n't super unless you 're a higher-rate taxpayer is the fortieth issue , which is paying under six percent , it 's not really worth picking up for five years . |
| 19 | ‘ Sally used to be good mates with Zaria , did n't she ? ’ |
| 20 | He gets all over the pitch , and I could see him fitting in in all kinds of areas , he used to be good for Spurs even when the defence came under pressure , and he 'd tackle back , becoming the ball winner . |
| 21 | We used to be good enemies , that great prince and I , but somehow the enmity 's grown cool of late . |
| 22 | It used to be seventy something . |
| 23 | I work in a newspaper that used to be male dominated and now I would say three quarters of the wo , three quarters of the people on the news desk are now women . |
| 24 | In a publishing deal , the average splits used to be 50:50 . |
| 25 | Their influence used to be great . |
| 26 | Used to be great . |
| 27 | And er oh it used to be great fun |
| 28 | The industry in this town used to be great but everything 's shutting . |
| 29 | Used to be great friends , before Charles walked out . |
| 30 | There used to be five men go on a boat . |