Example sentences of "[vb mod] to [be] different " in BNC.

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1 And somewhere through the hotel muzak lurks the sensation that things used to be different , that we ( my brother and I ) had n't always been wrapped in jumpers , silent , staring at the screen , that the days used to be hot and long .
2 But it used to be different then … there was n't no atmosphere like there is now and there were n't no fence around the London Road like now …
3 Er and then I 'll tell you then when was in the er on Square and of course this council house as what this council house what 's built now , it was n't there then , it used to be different council house , there used to be a great big archway .
4 And then course that used to be different , er used to be different size timber two by sixes , four by twos , inch by one , er inch by ou I mean inch
5 And then course that used to be different , er used to be different size timber two by sixes , four by twos , inch by one , er inch by ou I mean inch
6 All the parishes used to be different and it used to be possible at one time to know approximately where in Orkney somebody came from .
7 I know I ought to be different , but there it is .
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