Example sentences of "[modal v] to be [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to be Harry Maxim , then I was me and Jenny , and now I just do n't know and it 'll take more than lemon tea and a pink silk handkerchief in my sleeve and reading Goethe over breakfast to tell me . |
| 2 | They used to be Bangor fans but I think I have won them over to Glentoran . ’ |
| 3 | It used to be Oxford Poly , yeah . |
| 4 | Rico d'Agostino started up the same kind of place in what used to be Hogan 's Bar only a few blocks away . |
| 5 | It used to be Beafra picking the flies off the trees . |
| 6 | Benjamin , impervious to the scene , leaned closer and sniffed at what used to be Waldegrave 's mouth . |
| 7 | Chefs in any doubt as to the influence of the grand dames of the ovens should remember that the three- Michelin -star Georges Blanc in Vonnas used to be La Mère Blanc until the son took over from his maman . |
| 8 | The Cole and the Mersey joined it , used to be Mersea beach . |
| 9 | The pre-eminent location for this type of holding used to be Panama , but its political tribulations have damaged confidence . |
| 10 | That would shatter Germany 's present mood of economic optimism , already faltering as the difficulties of modernising what used to be East Germany grow clearer . |
| 11 | Motorists from what used to be East Germany ca n't cope with West German traffic . |
| 12 | THE COUNTY now known simply as Lothian is an amalgamation of what used to be East Lothian , Midlothian , and West Lothian , with a few bits chipped off the edges here and there : for example , the little settlement of Stow with its packhorse bridge over the Gala Water was once in East Lothian but has now been lured into the Borders region . |
| 13 | In place of the ‘ layer cake ’ of eight allied army corps lined up along what used to be West Germany 's eastern border , there will be maybe half as many . |
| 14 | Left : This Welsh dresser is in the second kitchen , which used to be Elizabeth Jane 's nursery when she was a child . |
| 15 | The Public Windows Initiative — with the Common Open Software Environment at its side — will try to claim the moral high ground on the issue of open specifications and is likely to cloak Microsoft in what used to be IBM Corp 's mantle . |
| 16 | The Catering Committee will be considering whether what used to be St. Stephen 's tavern could help by providing facilities for visitors . |
| 17 | She used to be Crilly 's stealing partner . |
| 18 | They used to be Captain America , until Mr Marvel got the hump and Mr C&A took exception to their logo , now they 're called EUGENIUS , Kurt Cobain still likes them a lot and they may well be the new Nirvana of Vaselined Fannies . |
| 19 | IT ALWAYS used to be Chrismuzak — the sound of synthesised carols in stores and malls — that turned me into a Scrooge . |
| 20 | Oh yes Dan used to stand outside calling er get your nice steak or get your nice egg bun and all this , they mostly had barkers , and it was competition you see between the , there was er Smiths the pork butchers , erm Cliffs the pork butchers , that was nearly by McMillans that were I forget and there used to be Olivers shoe shop round there and a Mr used to erm I do n't know whether you 've heard of Percy , no , and erm his father used to manage it and erm behind the Angel Alley you know the Angel Alley , well that was down shop there , and then there were several maid shops and there was the erm grocers , that 's er before you turn o that 's on the same side as Street , it , is it , is it Moors in Street , there 's a hardware shop on the corner now straight in the market place ? |
| 21 | Malik , a Cambridge Blue , owns the Reflex health club , which used to be Rugby 's clubhouse before they moved to the new one next door this season built at a cost of £438,000 . |
| 22 | But you got people staring at you , you got people s coming up to you and saying , did n't you used to be Adam Faith ? |
| 23 | Now nev no one ever used to be Codie |
| 24 | He does n't believe his wife 's 92-year-old grandmother , Wendy ( Maggie Smith ) , when she assures him that he used to be Peter Pan . |
| 25 | Cos he used to Alan Bleasdale used to be Peter Reed 's teacher at school and the |
| 26 | Used to be Lincolnshire . |
| 27 | What used to be Mayes the food shop . |
| 28 | No , very few , erm in Lane , which is now in an estate agent 's parlance , erm a desirable part of the town , they used to be Mr the local the solicitor , of Castlegate , and his wife used to drive him to the station , to catch the train to Nottingham . |
| 29 | Alyce Faye , with whom he now lives , sunbathes in the garden and chats to a friend who used to be John 's accountant ( ‘ A Bennite , ’ says John , rather proudly . ) |
| 30 | And there used to be Gloria , and I still have to think about her even if she is n't here . |