Example sentences of "[modal v] to be [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the land behind me , in what used to be no man 's land is hidden the bunker where Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide at the end of the war . |
| 2 | Hill Street used to be a problem , with bucks and bobby-beating . |
| 3 | Money always used to be a problem in my own life . |
| 4 | In the past , fleas used to be a problem only during the warmer months of the year in temperate areas , but now the advent of central heating has enabled these parasites to plague dogs and their owners for much of the year . |
| 5 | This used to be a problem for many people as a result of the Earnings Rule . |
| 6 | The pool used to be a problem since swimmers were non-spenders . |
| 7 | but that 's no problem for me , it used to be a problem but it is n't now because I 've worked on building up my confidence in other things so I 'm good at quite a lot of things and I always keep re-enforcing that that I 'm good at doing these things . |
| 8 | Er , which used to be a problem up until about three or four years ago when independent taxation came in in nineteen ninety . |
| 9 | He used to be a surfer and dreamed of being one again . |
| 10 | used to be a cripple on Hollywood . |
| 11 | For instance , I do n't want people to know that I used to be a drummer . ’ |
| 12 | For instance , I do n't want people to know that I used to be a drummer . ’ |
| 13 | For the man who owns this land , watching what used to be a wheat field turned into a race track has been an eye opener … although he 's well aware of the problems the sport can cause . |
| 14 | There used to be a song on television , Grant . |
| 15 | THE WELSH used to be a hindrance rather than a help to the All Blacks but , by giving Grant Fox permission to practise his goalkicking at the Arms Park prior to tomorrow 's game with Cardiff , they might be contributing to their own downfall . |
| 16 | And there used to be a rub board . |
| 17 | [ Name ] there used to be a architect and [ name ] has a degree in law . ’ |
| 18 | Three pound fifteen shillings yeah and that 's how , that 's how the work went at that time but as I say these boatmen erm they used t they used to sit down on lock gates day in and day out and did n't have a ship to come in but I 've kno kno known them to row down the river at high tide or it 's before high tide and there 'd be another erm , there 'd be other boatmen there , one was called , he went down , he used to go down and get 'em going , there used to be a race between these two families or the and the first one got the boat , the first one roped it in you see , or wh what we call roping in , moor mooring the ship up , that was |
| 19 | There used to be a Circuit bicycle , kept in Thomas Street , for the use of visiting Edgehill students down to preach in the country churches . |
| 20 | It 's not only the alcohol that 's suffered from self-enforced cutbacks : the Franks ( ironically enough ) used to be a Martini band — any gig , any town , any night , they 'd pack their guitars and socks and head off into the Tranzophobic sunset , until exhaustion fully reared its head and the heart decided that home was definitely the place to be . |
| 21 | The only thing is another old place that in was Auchentipple There used to be a chapel there and it was called the Hunt Chapel , but it 's just a hunt now . |
| 22 | Except , of course , that gay used to be a word where people were having a happy time . |
| 23 | Yes well the rest is all modern cos this used to be a church but then it was turned into a museum , it 's now a museum . |
| 24 | Only yesterday , it used to be a way of life . |
| 25 | For Craig Cook , a reformed car thief , this used to be a way of life . |
| 26 | He used to be a crane driver dear for , yeah he used and I 've got to , one of me sons now is a foreman for , well they 're not now it 's , it 's sort of amal amalgamated with another firm now I think , but he does , he does erm , he 's a foreman like now , he used to be a truck , crane driver and my , the very night that my hubby died on the following Monday he would of been working in Harlow , he got a new crane to take over in Harlow and he 'd been working away from home for weeks and months of the year always away , coming home weekends and I used to have to cook and do his washing and pack him up for going off again Monday morning early , but he never was near home working then , and as I say the night before he went he was , he was gon na work on the Monday to in Old , to Harlow down where the new er place was for and it unfortunately cos he went . |
| 27 | Oh I remember when I was when I was on the Green , there were two ladies , there used to be a pub called the er erm What was that pub called , now ? |
| 28 | I 'm just trying to remember that j Oh erm down on Road , here , where the vicarage is , it used to be a pub , because the vicarage were over here at once upon a time . |
| 29 | And then er where the facing the ice rink there used to be a pub called the cricketers , well that 's still there . |
| 30 | That used to be a pub I think . |