Example sentences of "[noun] used [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Psychologism , through its influence in marriage guidance and churches , and also through its effects in the world of work — in personnel management , for example — is able to link the two spheres in a way religion used to be able to do but can not do any longer . |
| 2 | erm she was hefty though and her sister Ann used to be enormous years ago this is , and erm she went on a , a diet , I do n't know what , how , how she lost the weight but she did and I , I had n't seen her for some years and I remember her coming to the factory this day , and she came in and she , she used to do er her flower shop , she used to do flower arrangements and the girls at work would order them you know ? |
| 3 | Life insurers used to be able to show any profit from selling a bond in the year in which they traded it . |
| 4 | Winter injection used to be popular , until experts found that wet soil often did n't absorb the slurry properly and increased the danger of run-off . |
| 5 | Did , did the racecourse used to be busy ? |
| 6 | The colour range used to be wide , as in other Scottish cattle , including red-and-white , solid red , dun , dun-and-white , yellow , solid black , blue , grey , grey-and-white , brown-and-white , brindle , white with blue or black on the neck , black riggit ( finchback ) , brockle-faced and even belted . |
| 7 | Their influence used to be great . |
| 8 | The chapels used to be full , the chapels used to be full . |
| 9 | The chapels used to be full , the chapels used to be full . |
| 10 | In his BBC days , Hanna used to be overweight and combative . |
| 11 | Apparently his grandmothers Budgie used to be able to say ‘ Top of the morning to you ! … |
| 12 | Gosstandard used to be responsible for approving ( for a price ) all technology imported for use in the Soviet Union . |
| 13 | The 13th century Coaley Millpond used to be full of crystal clear water . |
| 14 | Demolition sites used to be wonderful sources of all manner of material . |
| 15 | The same kind of accident used to be common with gliders , and the pilots could never remember anything after the first bounce . |
| 16 | The place used to be lousy with them . |
| 17 | Looking back on his earlier career , he said : ‘ Banks used to be terrible at monitoring their own costs and profitability . |
| 18 | 15.8.2 Arbitration appeals used to be commonplace |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The industry in this town used to be great but everything 's shutting . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Also sending-offs used to be rare . |
| 23 | Hong Kong used to be renowned for its bargains , but most prices there seemed pretty close to what they are in London . |
| 24 | The monks used to be responsible for the education of the boys , teaching them the three Rs and the elements of Buddhism , the learning being almost entirely by rote , so that approaching a village one could often hear from a distance the shrill boyish voices as they repeated the lesson after their teacher . |
| 25 | ‘ Personal choice for a Western person used to be important . |
| 26 | The race used to be cash-orientated but these days attracts more enthusiasts than those determined to be first over the line , said Mr Brown , who was reminded of the film made about the race when they saw a man in a huge Alvis wearing what appeared to be an animal . |
| 27 | Diesel economics used to be easy to calculate . |
| 28 | I , I can remember all the activity and er when it was erected there was a fella from the First World War , he lost a leg in the war and he was in charge of the billiards room and the tables , when they built the club itself the front part used to be devoted to card games and then they installed a billiards hall and the tables and as I say a chap named he used to live in Street , but he was , a lost a leg during the war and they found him the job of looking after the tables and marking |
| 29 | ‘ Q P used to be well-known for its banners . |
| 30 | Well we never heard the name shop steward in those days I do n't think they went that far , there was somebody in charge sort of thing but erm they er got the na the name afterwards I think you know shop steward , but er and then they used to be Miss used to have the garden fetes the garden parties on her lawn , that was for the Liberal Party you see as soon Labour was mentioned there were only Tories and Liberals at that time and er we used to , when there was an election er we used to wait up for the results and then if the Liberals got in Squires ' big bell would be rung if it was twelve o'clock at night or one o'clock in the morning the Squires ' big bell would be rung you see , to say who 'd got in , if the Tories got in it was n't rung because it was a , Squires were Liberals , strong Liberals and er they used to attend the Liberal Club at Shortheath but erm there used to be some fun in those er what 's the name parade if the Liberals got in and dances you know to raise money for the various things , and the garden fetes used to be lovely but er on their lawn . |