Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a poem by a fellow called the Earl of Rochester that used to be recited when someone was elected . |
| 2 | Its travelling lecturers were required to accept and transmit the proposition that slavery was ‘ a crime in the sight of God and ought to be immediately and forever abolished ’ . |
| 3 | There must be oodles of territory in Saxony and Thuringia that used to be owned by the East German government . |
| 4 | Grangetown and South Bank are in Langbaurgh and used to be in Eston Urban District . |
| 5 | In my youth ( many years ago ) I worked as a redcoat at Butlin 's in Bognor Regis and used to be House Captain of York where we trained teams of holidaymakers to go as fast as possible . |
| 6 | It is seven mile from Yarmouth and used to be a kind of pub or lodging-house for wherry-men when the wherry traffic was the only kind on the river . |
| 7 | companies whose equity share capital has been subject to a marketing arrangement as described in Section 163(2) ( b ) of the Companies Act 1985 at any time during the 10 years prior to the relevant date ( e.g. companies whose shares have been traded on the USM or used to be traded on the 3rd Market ) ; |