Example sentences of "they [vb mod] to [be] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This poem uses lots of words that sound as if they ought to be proper words but are not . |
| 2 | Erm , capital bonds , they used to be good rates , they , they 've deteriorated really , National Savings certificates well I 've covered index-linked , the only one I 'd really say er is n't super unless you 're a higher-rate taxpayer is the fortieth issue , which is paying under six percent , it 's not really worth picking up for five years . |
| 3 | Most portable types are around £20 — that 's half the price they used to be 10 years ago . |
| 4 | And they used to er have er a film Of course they used to be silent films and then er er had er and there used to be what they call interval . |
| 5 | Where has those tomatoes gone , if you remember them , they used to be big ones an'all they were |
| 6 | Gamma Virginis or Arich is also a binary ; the identical components can be split with almost any telescope , though not with binoculars ( they are much less wide apart now than they used to be 50 years ago , and the separation is decreasing steadily ) . |