Example sentences of "[vb mod] to be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barr , in what used to be a general policy for museum curators , was not writing a passionate defence of the work his museum exhibited . |
| 2 | This used to be a lot easier to do than it is now : for one thing , working in the profession means that you have to belong to the actors ' union , Equity . |
| 3 | ‘ You used to be a teacher ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Yeah , Steve said you used to be a university lecturer . ’ |
| 5 | I used to be a professional cleaner — I do n't want to get her into any trouble , I … ’ |
| 6 | You mean you used to be a museum curator or something ? ’ |
| 7 | This used to be a perception shared with Protestants . |
| 8 | The gift-shop used to be a farmhouse , one of several owned by the skinflint farmer Boris who made his fortune by never paying bills . |
| 9 | Nicholas Roe , a writer who used to be a fishmonger , says : ‘ I seemed to spend more time sending fish back than selling it . |
| 10 | But the mainstream of calligraphy used to be a movement that firmly set modernism aside and as a result virtually vanished as a serious art school discipline after the 1960s . |
| 11 | THE WELSH used to be a hindrance rather than a help to the All Blacks but , by giving Grant Fox permission to practise his goalkicking at the Arms Park prior to tomorrow 's game with Cardiff , they might be contributing to their own downfall . |
| 12 | There used to be a woman sergeant in [ place ] who used to refer to the reserve men as ‘ dick-head reserve men ’ , ‘ fucking idiots ’ , till one day this reserve man says to her , ‘ See that man over there , before he came to this job he was a aircraft technician , [ name ] used to be a chief mechanic . |
| 13 | There used to be a woman sergeant in [ place ] who used to refer to the reserve men as ‘ dick-head reserve men ’ , ‘ fucking idiots ’ , till one day this reserve man says to her , ‘ See that man over there , before he came to this job he was a aircraft technician , [ name ] used to be a chief mechanic . |
| 14 | [ Name ] there used to be a architect and [ name ] has a degree in law . ’ |
| 15 | She used to be a check-out girl in [ name of supermarket ] . |
| 16 | He used to be a seaman . |
| 17 | He used to be a keen sportsman in his younger days and rowed for England . |
| 18 | There used to be a lot of work . |
| 19 | ‘ This used to be a recreation room . |
| 20 | ‘ She used to be a bit of a lost soul , ’ says Jakki , ‘ but she 's changed a lot recently and I think that 's all down to Michael Hutchence . |
| 21 | Here by the Oberbaum bridge across the icy Spree is what used to be a quintessential Cold War Berlin scene . |
| 22 | Collusion , which used to be a bar to divorce , is no longer prohibited , and indeed a Committee chaired by Mrs Justice Booth recommended in 1985 that the parties should in future be entitled to file joint petitions for divorce . |
| 23 | ‘ There used to be a good chippy down the back of Albert Street . |
| 24 | In many the class-rooms are simply partitioned cubicles in what used to be a large hall … . |
| 25 | Seagal used to be a martial arts expert , so at least the stunts are worth watching , even if the principals are n't ( Seagal looks like Chuck Norris on Mogadon and LeBrock really should n't be wearing such a tight skirt ) . |
| 26 | ‘ What does it mean here , where it says that this used to be a ‘ crubeen shop ’ ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ This used to be a lord 's fishing lodge , ’ Mrs Knelle told me , with a slight laugh . |
| 28 | It used to be a hotel . |
| 29 | Neither the Labour spokesman , Mark Fisher , whose father used to be a Tory MP and a friend , or the Tory spokesman , Tim Renton , another friend , are against state subsidies for the arts , as I am . |
| 30 | This used to be a bubbling mill stream |