Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] used [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm an actress , or I used to be . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm a model , or I used to be until I married . |
| 3 | You see you can , you get a lot , you can get tax relief off that or you used to be able to get tax relief . |
| 4 | The centre is One , the outer fringe is Six ; zones where there used to be neighbourhoods . |
| 5 | Where there used to be a great big island . |
| 6 | Only in Mile End , where there used to be a fair crop of breweries , could you find a good pub with a good pint of beer . |
| 7 | This enabled him to look forward with confidence to continued improvements which would put the British plants back at the top of the performance league , where they used to be , and where they belonged . |
| 8 | Even Japan has given up the fight in some market areas where they used to be world leaders : And even the new industrial nations , in their turn , will eventually be undercut and have to move on : To what ? |
| 9 | Odette and the bairn still across the street just where they used to be . " |
| 10 | Where they used to be frozen and then you started another one wherever you went next time . |
| 11 | And there was a placement first floor , second floor , and where they used to be starting to live beautiful house ! |
| 12 | There 's a lovely great open space , where it used to be all wood , which if you had plenty of money and could have enough gardeners could be made very exciting . ’ |
| 13 | Or it used to be so . |
| 14 | Or it used to be the George . |
| 15 | Or it used to be until I got that letter . |
| 16 | We have to keep a proper balance or we will continue to see destruction in the countryside that we have seen in some areas where there is too much access and where what used to be a path has become as wide as the M1 . |
| 17 | this months tasting features the exciting sparkling wines being produced by double fermentation or what used to be called Methode Champenoise . |
| 18 | What would be the implications for the other republics of Yugoslavia , or what used to be Yugoslavia ? |
| 19 | Why , I 've heard tell from the Bishop 's secretary that yours used to be the best Mystery in the land , bar none . |
| 20 | I said that I used to be partial to them when I smoked . |
| 21 | Remember that I used to be very well known for sports shots . |
| 22 | ‘ And another thing that 's changed is that I used to be wary of getting into certain types of music , for fear they would show up in my playing ; these days , though , I figure that listening to just about anything is cool . |
| 23 | For instance , I do n't want people to know that I used to be a drummer . ’ |
| 24 | For instance , I do n't want people to know that I used to be a drummer . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm old , I know I 'm old and I ca n't do all the things that I used to be able to do . |
| 26 | At 5 p.m. a staff nurse joined Miss T. and her mother and Miss T. told the staff nurse that she did not want a blood transfusion , that she used to be a Jehovah 's Witness and that she still maintained some beliefs . |
| 27 | Does n't she know , I go on , that she used to be a role model ? |
| 28 | She was more relaxed than she used to be but still , in Dexter 's view , judged herself too harshly . |
| 29 | But Anya 's a better judge of character than she used to be , back in the old homeland . |
| 30 | She was more tired than she used to be , that was all . |