Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | And that 's what the old fully-fashioned stocking used to be . |
| 3 | But it , it need n't necessarily be erm the kind of direct material gain in terms of well we need to go beyond rent reduction because rent reduction is not , has n't given us enough , because in theory rent reduction ought to be giving you as much you need . |
| 4 | ( Spencer Shops used to be a railroad maintenance / classification facility owned by Southern Railway ) . |
| 5 | Industrial parks now stand where pepper plantations used to be , modern buses have taken over from the rickshaw and Singaporeans now live in high-rise apartments rather than the traditional kampongs . |
| 6 | Hill Street used to be a problem , with bucks and bobby-beating . |
| 7 | This particular store in Clapham 's Abbeville Road used to be an ordinary branch of Thresher . |
| 8 | I 've been racking my brain to remember what Sue Puffett used to be called . |
| 9 | international marketing research efforts ought to be controlled from the headquarters of the multinational . |
| 10 | The L M S used to be the biggest of the railways you see . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's quite old now , of course , but Sir David Wyndham used to be a really big cheese in the business world … definitely a grand fromage ! ’ |
| 12 | I REMEMBER the innocent days back when Club Dog used to be run out of a scout hut in Wood Green . |
| 13 | Raised in Santa Cruz , California , Pete was not far from Monterey , where the old Bing Crosby tournament used to be held . |
| 14 | That is that is that 's becoming n almost the norm now whereas mister average used to be |
| 15 | In those days , everything at the Arts Theatre used to be short runs . |
| 16 | The Data Protection Registrar , in publicising a closing date of May 1986 for the receipt of registrations , had no idea how many data users ought to be registering ; in the event the flow of registrations was far slower than had been hoped , but by the end of 1986 it was clear that the higher guesses were more likely to be right . |
| 17 | At The Canteen MPW 's , where the Waterfront restaurant used to be , Marco-Pierre White and Michael Caine serve simple , classic French food . |
| 18 | The more common name for this rather serious sounding disorder used to be ‘ honeymoon cystitis ’ , and as that old nick-name suggests , it is linked with sexual activity . |
| 19 | Miss Jenny ought to be more thoughtful instead of causing extra work . " |
| 20 | Vitamin A used to be called the anti-infective vitamin because a deficiency reduces the resistance of certain parts of the body to infection . |
| 21 | GOOD drawing ability used to be considered important at school , not only as a skill that might give expression to a child 's aesthetic and artistic inclinations , but also one that would be useful in practical ways — in recording flora and fauna in nature study , for example . |
| 22 | The classical pneumocystis pneumonia used to be the final event in the disease process in almost half ( 46% ) of those with AIDS in 1986 . |
| 23 | In 1986 , the classical pneumocystis pneumonia used to be the final event in the disease process in almost half ( 46% ) of AIDS related deaths . |
| 24 | Demolition sites used to be wonderful sources of all manner of material . |
| 25 | In both these cases it was held that the alternative of a manslaughter verdict ought to be left to the jury where the occasion justifies action in self-defence , or to prevent a crime , or to apprehend an offender , but where the defendant acts beyond the necessity of that occasion . |
| 26 | Winter snow used to be stored here from nearby drifts and provided a supply of caked ice throughout the following summer for the wealthy inhabitants and the hotels in Funchal . |
| 27 | If that 's the case , then the Panda Selecta ought to be a popular choice for many town buyers , given that it 's less than £6,000 . |
| 28 | Stag parties and hen parties used to be held the night before the wedding , the last opportunity for the girls and boys to go out , or stay at home , with friends of their own sex . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | An occasional railtour has used the line in recent years , and one employed green liveried class 20 's 20030/64 , seen at Neepsend where the entrance to the old GC engine sheds used to be . |