Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [modal v] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before my marriage I used to be very active and very talkative but after my marriage , when I went to Pakistan — there you have to wear the Burkha . |
| 2 | Her only way of coping with her over-identification with my situation was to try to reassert control over the child I used to be and prevent the cycle repeating itself . |
| 3 | Although it is traumatic , having one 's life turned upside-down like this , discovering I 'm not the person I used to be . |
| 4 | You think that because I can sometimes see what 's trivial and what 's important in art I ought to be more virtuous . |
| 5 | IN my previous life I used to be an Eldorado script . |
| 6 | No , I fucking once upon a time I used to be able to do it . |
| 7 | The fact I used to be married to Ursula is completely irrelevant . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm improving — in fact I used to be much worse . |