Example sentences of "[modal v] to [be] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to be an art historian . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I used to be an art historian , ’ I said . |
| 3 | IT USED to be an easy decision , and still is for many racing fans — the first weekend in October is the time to visit Paris . |
| 4 | This particular store in Clapham 's Abbeville Road used to be an ordinary branch of Thresher . |
| 5 | CHRISTMAS Day in the Workhouse used to be an Edwardian party-piece . |
| 6 | Court architects set the fashion , and what used to be an essentially English style took on a strong foreign influence . |
| 7 | The present office used to be an Victorian laundry ( when sales are slow , we take in washing ! ) . |
| 8 | ‘ IT USED TO BE an honour to have the local MP to dine , ’ a big Yorkshire landowner told me . |
| 9 | ‘ Also , I used to be an up-market wino and after nine months ’ sobriety , I realise what I 'm doing at present is not very fulfilling . |
| 10 | She used to be an old singer , I do n't know any of her songs , but I just know she was an old singer . |
| 11 | It used to be an important port for small sailing ships but now the sea trade in large ships has moved to Liverpool . |
| 12 | The animal chosen for the task was the Soay , a pretty Hebridean sheep that used to be an endangered breed . |
| 13 | Wealth : Is a member of Lloyd 's , which used to be an indication of serious cash but these days it can turn pretty iffy if one 's not careful ! |
| 14 | IN my previous life I used to be an Eldorado script . |
| 15 | ‘ Used to be an engineer in the RFC in the war , so he not only keeps the ship 's stores , but knows everything about motor cars — and ma plane . ’ |
| 16 | Part of the buildings used to be an old cobbler 's shop , hence the ‘ Cobblers ’ wine bar and restaurant . |
| 17 | Some of these names represent principalities and have a political significance ; others are simply regional tags which identify the surrounding population , for example the Solland in the far south , which used to be an independent realm but which is now part of Wissenland . |
| 18 | I used to be an engineer , I know subsidence |
| 19 | There used to be an in-built assumption that the rate of increase in resources available to an authority would rise year by year . |
| 20 | It used to be an access track , but a replacement road now runs inland , improving the place immensely . |
| 21 | Plas y Brenin is a residential centre , based in what used to be an hotel — it sleeps 71 in two- or three-bedded rooms . |
| 22 | ( There used to be an old sailor 's trick for getting rid of tapeworms , using a raw egg with a pinhole in one end . |
| 23 | And , and a , there used to be an old fisher wife , old Mary . |
| 24 | Oh well er Heather Jock , I mean , there used to be an old fellow , er Jimmy they called him . |
| 25 | There was Pat , he swept chimleys , er and then there used to be an old fellow come , he used to mend , mend dishes you ken , what you call a china faker . |
| 26 | At one time for example , you see , there used to be an Edinburgh district rate way back in history . |
| 27 | Yes it did it run down to the river and we used to have to write to get a permit to camp on there for the week but then there used to be an old , the old foreman of he used to come round every Saturday night , have you got your permit ? |
| 28 | That 's right there 's a that used to be an old meadow , that 's all it used to be , course now , they 've got a nice football pitch on it now . |
| 29 | ‘ I used to be an exceptionally powerful wizard . |
| 30 | The area of the site extends to over fifty acres , on what used to be an asbestos factory on the banks of the river Clyde . |