Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [vb mod] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cheeses of this kind used to be known in country-house and home-farm dairy cookery as napkin cheeses . |
| 2 | ‘ This horse used to be so difficult , ’ he stated , ‘ and John 's worked wonders with him . ’ |
| 3 | This condition ought to be seen by all to be quite ridiculous and unacceptable , but it is all too common . |
| 4 | ‘ If it is anything like this room used to be , Lady Lavinia , ’ Theda said wryly , ‘ I fear that would be impossible . ’ |
| 5 | This room used to be the bike sheds . |
| 6 | ‘ This place used to be the Turkish administrative headquarters in Jaffa . |
| 7 | The industry in this town used to be great but everything 's shutting . |
| 8 | This footbridge used to be the only way to cross to the other platform . |
| 9 | This footbridge used to be the only way to cross to the other platform . |
| 10 | This city used to be villages ; now it 's castles under siege . |
| 11 | How many people think this project ought to be stopped right now before it goes any further ? ’ |
| 12 | However , if the Revenue 's approach represents a new hardening of attitudes that will affect all small family companies , then this matter ought to be explored at a high level by the appropriate professional body or be taken through the courts by a consortium of practitioners . |
| 13 | It has been argued ( 12 ) that the use of arable land for livestock production is wasteful and this activity ought to be confined to the ‘ upland ’ areas . |
| 14 | This guy used to be a skinhead and sniff glue in Green Island , which is just outside where I used to live . |
| 15 | ‘ This house used to be known as the Seven-Mile House a long time ago before our family come to live here . |
| 16 | This had been quite difficult and the Gnomes had scratched their heads a good deal , because , although people did not openly refer to it , everyone knew that Flame 's father was Fael-Inis and it had meant a lot of worrisome discussions as to whether this fact ought to be openly acknowledged , or whether it might be discourteous to draw attention to it . |