Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] used to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to cut across this it used to be a field on the way home from |
| 2 | They used to These they used to be a round used to be round you know and not very used to hit them as you hit them with a stick you see , they used to wheel wheel round and round . |
| 3 | Now I 'm like you , you 're like I used to be . |
| 4 | And you used to be ab well you used to be able to over the flames of the fire on one side , and then er a saucepan on the other on the in one side with your vegetables in one side , with your potatoes in and then you used to have your oven with a for your meat . |
| 5 | Jean Stubbs does the same for the 60s in Like We Used To Be ( Macmillan , £11.95 ) bringing to life the world of Flower Power and pot , contraception and the Beatles . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Do n't you remember how good it used to be ? ’ |
| 8 | In the 1970s it used to be said that the British paid themselves more than they really earned . |
| 9 | For example , when I first lived alone I used to be in a state of anxiety every time I left the house , for fear that I had forgotten something . |
| 10 | ‘ It was her life , you see , parties and pretty clothes , and putting them on makes her remember how happy she used to be . |
| 11 | Besides , do n't you remember how lonely you used to be on your own ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll just bet she was some broad he used to be in love with or something , and he 's been giving her the brush-off while she 's trying to fan the embers , get back to the way it used to be . ’ |
| 13 | I used to wear a bra the same size as my mother 's , size 40 it used to be , but I just seemed to dry up completely . |
| 14 | Black and blue I used to be . ’ |
| 15 | And er then er these two erm er Then when we used to when we was the young you used to be able to go down to Skeggie for a day on train for two and six . |
| 16 | How cross you used to be if a goose 's feather 's were n't drawn straight ! ’ , |