Example sentences of "[subord] he used to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought he was quieter than he used to be . |
| 2 | He is obviously less discreet than he used to be . ’ |
| 3 | Mum and I go to see him sometimes , and we agree that he is a much nicer person than he used to be . |
| 4 | Cloughie , probably now less adaptable to sudden change than he used to be , has been hamstrung by the departure of two high class central defenders , whom he has been unable to replace despite having cash in the bank . |
| 5 | Twelve , thirteen , yeah cos he used to be on ten at the old place and he gets about two thousand more |
| 6 | ‘ I think it 's because he used to be a sort of friend . ’ |
| 7 | I did n't like Mike , ’ she says , ‘ I strolled in and he did n't like me , he was at that age when he did n't like people if they did n't look cool so I hated him because he used to be really sarcastic and I did n't know him well enough to realise that he was only messing . |
| 8 | I suppose it was because he used to be so , you know , |
| 9 | Not as alive as he used to be , ’ runs the caption to one cartoon . |
| 10 | And here he was , a man turned sixty , still upright , but no longer handsome or as jolly as he used to be . |
| 11 | Alain Prost is not as quick as he used to be but was smarter , and Nigel Mansell is not the smoothest driver around but he has a lot of ‘ mechanical talent ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ Not as alive as he used to be ’ |
| 13 | So they have to pretend he 's still ill and just as disagreeable as he used to be ! ’ |
| 14 | He is not so light-hearted now as he used to be — too much responsibility . |
| 15 | Do we really need him now , there 's no way he 's going to be as good as he used to be , and he 's probably the size of Mick Quinn now anyway : - ) |
| 16 | Cos he is n't home as much as he used to be . |