Example sentences of "what it used to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ON FARM after farm around us the potato harvest is coming in — but the lifting of spuds is not what it used to be . |
| 2 | ‘ Nostalgia ai n't what it used to be , ’ interjected Andrew , quoting the latest college graffiti . |
| 3 | But they said the number was only a fraction of what it used to be . |
| 4 | It is a great name , though some say the atmosphere at the ‘ Kempi ’ is not what it used to be . |
| 5 | Gerald Peach , sing secretary , said that , though it was not what it used to be , ‘ it is a tradition we are anxious to maintain ’ . |
| 6 | Of course that is just what it used to be for before the invasion of the television and the mobile office . |
| 7 | My wife was the first to notice it : running a bath was n't what it used to be ; no more gush of water , just a diminishing trickle . |
| 8 | Payola is n't what it used to be . |
| 9 | The future ai n't what it used to be |
| 10 | English cricket is n't what it used to be . |
| 11 | ‘ First , I thought French was a chic language , ’ he explained , ‘ and then you know , I saw all those photos of Germany before the war and I thought life would never be what it used to be . |
| 12 | Fleet Street ai n't what it used to be . |
| 13 | my acuity is not what it used to be |
| 14 | My voice is n't what it used to be . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Dear diary , history is n't what it used to be . ’ |
| 16 | My intention was to arrive here during hours of daylight , but the charity of our road-users is not what it used to be . |
| 17 | Two fine , upstanding members of staff attend a Christmas party in the staff canteen , c.1971 — which just goes to show that Christmas in the National Library is not what it used to be ! |
| 18 | But even though nostalgia may not be what it used to be , even for these people there are good reasons for staying in touch . |
| 19 | That 's what it used to be . |
| 20 | Except that their role is more obscure to the public eye , the authorities ' influence over short-term interest rates is not very different from what it used to be when they announced an MLR each week and expected institutions to comply . |
| 21 | Its suspension is not what it used to be . |
| 22 | " Change is not what it used to be " ( Handy 1989 ) . |
| 23 | My eyesight is not what it used to be . |
| 24 | Okay , next , okay a rather odd looking form , erm , multi-purpose memo form , that erm , well that 's what it used to be . |
| 25 | With KGB agents now giving interviews and writing their memoirs , spying is not what it used to be . |
| 26 | I mean it is a longer training now , what it used to be . |
| 27 | can put your finger on it though , it it 's like it 's not what it used to be . |
| 28 | No , it 's not what it used to be . |
| 29 | Which is what it used to be of course is n't it ? |
| 30 | no listen right you should copy these cos when you 're like older you 're gon na want to erm listen to what you used to say and like what it used to be like and you 've got |