Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah well she 's friendly , well my mum used to be really really good friends with her and then my parents split up and , and like they , they went like water to my dad 's side |
| 2 | Jay had no inclination to go through the who are you , what do you do , oh really , gosh my brother-in-law used to be in the same field . |
| 3 | Now he 's got his arm round where my waist used to be . |
| 4 | My name used to be Rhodesia . |
| 5 | ‘ My father used to be a member of the County Cricket Club . ’ |
| 6 | That gap where my fireplace used to be , |
| 7 | I run the tips of my fingers over this beard at difficult moments and am reassured by its fibrous smoothness as much as my son used to be , when he was a little younger , by the feel of his old piece of blanket . |
| 8 | My mother used to be in |
| 9 | When our modern ladies shall follow such examples in everything their plea ought to be allowed in this . |
| 10 | While the BBC had remained a monopoly , television viewers had no programme choices nor , for that matter , could there be any argument as to which institution ought to be allocated the revenue obtained from the licence tee . |
| 11 | This would imply that if supplemental oxygen is given its administration ought to be extended into the postgastroscopy period . |
| 12 | Which test ought to be the standard for judicial review ? |
| 13 | Their influence used to be great . |
| 14 | It should be said that there are certain other features of the case to which attention ought to be drawn . |
| 15 | which substance used to be known as brimstone ? |
| 16 | which substance used to be known as brimstone ? |
| 17 | Question seven , which substance used to be known as Brimstone ? |
| 18 | their office used to be there , now they got a place on the dock |
| 19 | Really , their mother ought to be told — Nick , you must speak to Martin … |
| 20 | I am not a councillor nor politician whose job ought to be sorting out this dilemma . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | for , in her face and in her voice , and in her touch , she gave the assurance that suffering had been stronger than Miss Havisham 's teachings , and had given her a heart to understand what his heart used to be . |
| 23 | Kenneth Stanley from Telford could n't believe his eyes when he saw a gaping hole where his pond used to be . |
| 24 | Perhaps he has forgotten that his lord ought to be murdering his lady just at this juncture ; or perhaps he thinks Emilia is as corrupt as himself ; or perhaps he does not understand love , The error is great , since Emilia is the only person who knows the truth about the handkerchief . |
| 25 | Just build up of , erm I was talking to our Tom about nosebleeds , Alan was saying that his father used to be a lot like David and he used to get terrible headaches and it used to end up in a really bad nosebleed and he started giving blood regular and it stopped it . |
| 26 | His cousin , Francis Drake , who had also been among the survivors of San Juan de Ulloa , took a more aggressive attitude to the Spanish empire ; as an uncompromising Protestant he felt that his country ought to be at war with Spain and , if it would not do this , he would fight on his own account , looking round for people prepared to invest in a private attack on the wealth of Spain . |
| 27 | David Herrick , 60 , returned to the Costa del Sol in October , after a holiday back home in Hull , to find a vacant lot where his house used to be . |
| 28 | His brother used to be his brother and all . |
| 29 | I am going to offer , more as a case-study than a prescription , my own thoughts about what education ought to be , and what kind of ‘ schooling ’ would be an appropriate channel for its delivery . |
| 30 | So , we must oppose that and er also they 're asking for new powers er to move illegal travellers from land this is just another device because of their failure to provide sufficient sites throughout the country and if the of Essex County Council do their job er they they do n't need these new powers , what authority ought to be ha , er having are powers to provide some er , camping places for people . |