Example sentences of "[Wh det] he [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During a recent election broadcast he featured as Sir Denis ‘ Foreman ’ — as in the foreman of a building site , rather than of Granada of which he used to be deputy chairman . |
| 2 | It is hoped that Rambert will be one of the first companies to appear at the Festival Theatre when it opens next year , by which time Christopher Bruce will have taken over as artistic director of the company with which he used to be a leading dancer and choreographer . |
| 3 | ‘ It is , of course , precisely what he ought to be seeing , ’ he agreed , reluctantly . |
| 4 | Garbo , Garland , Gardner , Garson and Gable were there — and that was just the Gs — but the old grey Mayer was n't what he used to be , and he had been ousted from MGM by the time Nicholson arrived as a messenger boy . |
| 5 | He 's very uncooperative and aggressive , not at all like what he used to be … oh yes , it is a strain . ’ |
| 6 | WHERE was the judgment in paying Derby a record £5.1 million for Dean Saunders and Mark Wright only to discover that Saunders does n't fit with Ian Rush and Wright is n't quite what he used to be ? |