Example sentences of "[vb mod] to [be] [adj] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although at sixty he was becoming a little stooped , and his hair and beard that used to be jet-black were turning to silver , the force of his personality was undeniable . |
| 2 | Well there used to be that 's right , with you John , talking about college group just about that time . |
| 3 | That was hot , yes and th in between there used to be that 's where your furnace used to go in and come back and up out the chimney and that they put them the in there to heat the water quick you see and yet they ought to be , they had to be sliced out with a what they call a slice , cos they used to get furred up and we used to give them nineteen and sixpence for that to fill the boiler up again , we had t used to have take Pinmill and they used to have to come up to get fresh water into the anchor boat and we used to pump it up by hand , into the boiler . |
| 4 | Cos I know the principle used to be that is er , it was in the first aid room cos that 's where all the first aid treatments |
| 5 | That 's all been altered , i they 've all been made into shops and spoilt the you know , the and there used to be old 's , the shoe shop and Mr. 's watch shop and Mrs 's pastry shop . |
| 6 | Edges that ought to be significant are either absent from an image or almost so and the strongest changes in an image are often changes in illumination and have nothing to do with meaningful relations in a scene . ’ |