Example sentences of "be [modal v] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're used to be one , one of them what got killed used to , he used to ride his bike up and down the path here and sh , as start , he 'd get on his bike , she 'd run down to that bush down there and then get there before him and then , soon as he start to come back he was running back and beat him ! |
| 2 | He constantly ignored Bolingbroke 's maxim that Members of Parliament are like hounds that grow fond of the leader ‘ who shows them game and by whose halloo they are used to be encouraged . ’ |
| 3 | Oh no because she 'd tell everybody you were used to be in with prat face , prat face ! |
| 4 | Erm the situation is n't er the same as is used to be . |
| 5 | 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 . |