Example sentences of "they [modal v] [prep] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In England the Lords of Trade certainly had no money to spend on the colonies ; and would have been quite as surprised as any earlier generations at a suggestion that they ought to be spending money on them . |
| 2 | Locust beans they used to be animal feed I think . |
| 3 | They used to be Captain America , until Mr Marvel got the hump and Mr C&A took exception to their logo , now they 're called EUGENIUS , Kurt Cobain still likes them a lot and they may well be the new Nirvana of Vaselined Fannies . |
| 4 | They used to be Bangor fans but I think I have won them over to Glentoran . ’ |
| 5 | They used to be friends . ’ |
| 6 | They used to be part and parcel of the water authorities and looked after the rivers when we were one big body , as a water authority . |
| 7 | There 's a second-hand Spector NS2A here at £1495 , although we have new Spector four and fives coming in soon at £1995 , which is pretty good considering they used to be £3000 ! |
| 8 | During the Labour landslide they used to be love letters . |
| 9 | Well we never heard the name shop steward in those days I do n't think they went that far , there was somebody in charge sort of thing but erm they er got the na the name afterwards I think you know shop steward , but er and then they used to be Miss used to have the garden fetes the garden parties on her lawn , that was for the Liberal Party you see as soon Labour was mentioned there were only Tories and Liberals at that time and er we used to , when there was an election er we used to wait up for the results and then if the Liberals got in Squires ' big bell would be rung if it was twelve o'clock at night or one o'clock in the morning the Squires ' big bell would be rung you see , to say who 'd got in , if the Tories got in it was n't rung because it was a , Squires were Liberals , strong Liberals and er they used to attend the Liberal Club at Shortheath but erm there used to be some fun in those er what 's the name parade if the Liberals got in and dances you know to raise money for the various things , and the garden fetes used to be lovely but er on their lawn . |
| 10 | and they used to be caravan down on Lyme by the park and |
| 11 | They used to be lovers . |
| 12 | They used to be tea services , carpets , nice odd carpets and mirrors and dolls and everything . |
| 13 | No , very few , erm in Lane , which is now in an estate agent 's parlance , erm a desirable part of the town , they used to be Mr the local the solicitor , of Castlegate , and his wife used to drive him to the station , to catch the train to Nottingham . |
| 14 | Even Japan has given up the fight in some market areas where they used to be world leaders : And even the new industrial nations , in their turn , will eventually be undercut and have to move on : To what ? |
| 15 | There was used t the work in the old days , there was used to be two underground and two in the mill , they used to be partners . |
| 16 | And then these other men they used to be sort of a freelance , working a day here and a week there . |
| 17 | FINGS ai n't wot they used to be department : The recent ministerial reshuffle has stripped the rather snobby Home Office of three Old Etonians — Hurd , Renton and Hogg . |