Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [vb mod] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , the fat one 's Donna 's sister and Geraldine used to be best friends with Kelly and she lives in Big Ben . |
| 2 | Do you remember that George and Mildred used to be on telly in comedy ? |
| 3 | Similarly September , October and November used to be the seventh , eighth and ninth months , and March was the first month of the year according to the old Julian calendar instituted in 46BC . |
| 4 | Oh yes , yes she does , but , that 's about all she 's got two cousins , that 's right , and one of them 's married and got children and she used to have in the north , the great friend Sylvia from school days and Sylvia would of been one of the first Anglican Deacons to be ordained as a , as a priest |
| 5 | Aileen 's amazed and Harry used to be a teacher , Bobby |
| 6 | Oh yes , oh yes , oh mum went there for years and years every Saturday yeah , and as I say the wagonettes used to erm be stationed up by Albion Street , to take er shopping and , and er and Rushbrooks used to be the big confectioners then , that 's on the , it used to be on the corner of erm Albion , well there 's a market there , an indoor market now is n't there yeah they were the er the big confectioners Rushbrooks , and er bakers and confectioners and er all the barrels of flour used to be , you could see all that going in you know but er I do n't know whether it is , am I making it interesting , is it interesting for you ? |
| 7 | She remembered how close Connor and Rosie used to be ; he had always been very fond of his half-sister — there was no doubt about that . |
| 8 | In fact , Shane ‘ Patrick Number Six ’ MacGowan and Shaun used to be in a group together at school long before The Pogues and the Mondays were formed . |
| 9 | She and Luke used to be lovers , do you remember that ? |