Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] [modal v] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its western end is now at Marble Arch , where Tyburn used to be . |
| 2 | But is there something where God used to be ? ’ |
| 3 | well he apparently spoke to erm , he had quite a lengthy conversation with Ron Atkinson apparently , cos Atkinson used to be the manager of Tettron did n't he ? |
| 4 | I did n't bother to ask whether Safranski ought to be consulted . |
| 5 | At this time when youth is most exultant , this poetry is thumbed night and day ; a page is opened at random , as Virgil used to be , for a word big with fate . |
| 6 | As Gloucester used to be a major droving centre , there was inevitably much crossing with various Welsh types and the Gloucester 's slender , white , dark-tipped horns , spreading quite wide and tilting upwards at the tip , are often similar in style to those of the Welsh , though more refined and a little shorter . |