Example sentences of "used to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am used to being ignored and slighted , but mark this well ! |
| 2 | The classical pneumocystis pneumonia used to be the final event in the disease process in almost half ( 46% ) of those with AIDS in 1986 . |
| 3 | In 1986 , the classical pneumocystis pneumonia used to be the final event in the disease process in almost half ( 46% ) of AIDS related deaths . |
| 4 | Barr , in what used to be a general policy for museum curators , was not writing a passionate defence of the work his museum exhibited . |
| 5 | This used to be a lot easier to do than it is now : for one thing , working in the profession means that you have to belong to the actors ' union , Equity . |
| 6 | Chefs in any doubt as to the influence of the grand dames of the ovens should remember that the three- Michelin -star Georges Blanc in Vonnas used to be La Mère Blanc until the son took over from his maman . |
| 7 | It 's not like it used to be . |
| 8 | I used to be an art historian . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You used to be a teacher ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Yeah , Steve said you used to be a university lecturer . ’ |
| 11 | I used to be a professional cleaner — I do n't want to get her into any trouble , I … ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I used to be an art historian , ’ I said . |
| 13 | You mean you used to be a museum curator or something ? ’ |
| 14 | Students used to be told that it was dangerous to steepen the climb below 100 feet . |
| 15 | The same kind of accident used to be common with gliders , and the pilots could never remember anything after the first bounce . |
| 16 | Jay had no inclination to go through the who are you , what do you do , oh really , gosh my brother-in-law used to be in the same field . |
| 17 | It used to be the case that contestants who were struck lightly in the face could exaggerate injury in order to have the opponent 's score disallowed . |
| 18 | It used to be important because it made it more difficult to score with groin kicks , and it led to narrow stances with the leading foot turned inwards . |
| 19 | Interestingly , the pain this causes shows itself as what used to be called ‘ groin strain ’ . |
| 20 | Soft-centred milk chocolates that came as one bit them seemed almost as exciting as dancing with someone you knew you were about to sleep with used to be . |
| 21 | And somewhere through the hotel muzak lurks the sensation that things used to be different , that we ( my brother and I ) had n't always been wrapped in jumpers , silent , staring at the screen , that the days used to be hot and long . |
| 22 | And somewhere through the hotel muzak lurks the sensation that things used to be different , that we ( my brother and I ) had n't always been wrapped in jumpers , silent , staring at the screen , that the days used to be hot and long . |
| 23 | ‘ England is an island without sea , or else an island that used to be sea-bound , only so long ago that the sea 's now evaporated . ’ |
| 24 | If you are turned down for a grant or loan or you are unhappy with the amount given , there is no right of appeal to an independent tribunal as there used to be . |
| 25 | The process has evolved over the decade with the linking up of what used to be short runs into long , cross-country routes . |
| 26 | One of the finest examples used to be de Valois ' dance for the Three Comforters in Job . |
| 27 | Built in 1903 it has bronze and marble panels in an Art Nouveau style depicting the friars from the monastery that used to be on the site . |
| 28 | The most popular size used to be the 4½in ( 108mm ) square tile , still available in a limited number of ranges , but displaced from the No 1 position by larger 152mm ( 6in ) square tiles , which are quicker to fix ( you need only 44 to cover a square metre of wall , compared with 86 of the smaller tiles , and there 's less grouting to do as well ) . |
| 29 | This used to be a perception shared with Protestants . |
| 30 | The finest rice in all China used to be grown in fields around the village of Shatin , in Hong Kong 's New Territories . |