Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] used 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 | ‘ If it is anything like this room used to be , Lady Lavinia , ’ Theda said wryly , ‘ I fear that would be impossible . ’ |
| 4 | This room used to be the bike sheds . |
| 5 | ‘ This place used to be the Turkish administrative headquarters in Jaffa . |
| 6 | The industry in this town used to be great but everything 's shutting . |
| 7 | This footbridge used to be the only way to cross to the other platform . |
| 8 | This footbridge used to be the only way to cross to the other platform . |
| 9 | This city used to be villages ; now it 's castles under siege . |
| 10 | Further along the village another house used to be the ‘ cookhouse ’ and game room for them — the meals must have been cold by the time they arrived at the table of Londesborough Lodge ! |
| 11 | This guy used to be a skinhead and sniff glue in Green Island , which is just outside where I used to live . |
| 12 | ‘ This house used to be known as the Seven-Mile House a long time ago before our family come to live here . |
| 13 | Such devotion used to be the preserve of Tolkien addicts , but now authors such as Eddings , Donaldson , Pratchett , Tad Williams and Robert Jordan have their own ardent fan followings . |
| 14 | But erm and all sugar used to be packed in thick , very thick blue bags , heavy blue thick bags , and there 's an art in doing it as well in folding the the bag , I 've watched them hours and hours . |
| 15 | They used to be in that size I , I ca n't remember now , that size used to be I ca n't remember , no . |
| 16 | Well it wa it went up and it was like that dash used to be I should think it looks alright when I 've finished it . |
| 17 | The substantial Royal Nederland former subsidiary used to be audited as part of Royal International , the holding company . |
| 18 | Except , of course , that gay used to be a word where people were having a happy time . |