Example sentences of "[noun] used to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Phoenix used to be such a good pub . |
| 2 | Psychologism , through its influence in marriage guidance and churches , and also through its effects in the world of work — in personnel management , for example — is able to link the two spheres in a way religion used to be able to do but can not do any longer . |
| 3 | erm she was hefty though and her sister Ann used to be enormous years ago this is , and erm she went on a , a diet , I do n't know what , how , how she lost the weight but she did and I , I had n't seen her for some years and I remember her coming to the factory this day , and she came in and she , she used to do er her flower shop , she used to do flower arrangements and the girls at work would order them you know ? |
| 4 | Life insurers used to be able to show any profit from selling a bond in the year in which they traded it . |
| 5 | Winter injection used to be popular , until experts found that wet soil often did n't absorb the slurry properly and increased the danger of run-off . |
| 6 | Did , did the racecourse used to be busy ? |
| 7 | The colour range used to be wide , as in other Scottish cattle , including red-and-white , solid red , dun , dun-and-white , yellow , solid black , blue , grey , grey-and-white , brown-and-white , brindle , white with blue or black on the neck , black riggit ( finchback ) , brockle-faced and even belted . |
| 8 | Their influence used to be great . |
| 9 | The chapels used to be full , the chapels used to be full . |
| 10 | The chapels used to be full , the chapels used to be full . |
| 11 | In his BBC days , Hanna used to be overweight and combative . |
| 12 | The run used to be three miles but I added a quarter mile spur in order to use the time to best advantage . |
| 13 | Apparently his grandmothers Budgie used to be able to say ‘ Top of the morning to you ! … |
| 14 | Gosstandard used to be responsible for approving ( for a price ) all technology imported for use in the Soviet Union . |
| 15 | The 13th century Coaley Millpond used to be full of crystal clear water . |
| 16 | Demolition sites used to be wonderful sources of all manner of material . |
| 17 | I think that generally they came in because they liked the style erm they , they , usually had er , in their minds what they wanted and because they go round and see all these fittings at night , I mean our shop used to be all the fittings were lit up at night so that you could have a look in , erm it 's very confusing I think when you , you 've got an awful lot of fittings in , in , in a shop and , and all of them lit , decide which one 's gon na to be the best for your house , but I think most of them already had ideas what , what sort of fitting they wanted and of course we used to do a great deal of |
| 18 | The same kind of accident used to be common with gliders , and the pilots could never remember anything after the first bounce . |
| 19 | This " issue " could range from — " How do you teach your little sister to tie her shoelaces ? " through — " How will you persuade the Pied Piper to release our children ? " to — " Can you encourage this reluctant old man to give a radio interview about the way the community used to be 60 years ago ? " |
| 20 | The place used to be lousy with them . |
| 21 | Looking back on his earlier career , he said : ‘ Banks used to be terrible at monitoring their own costs and profitability . |
| 22 | Coventry used to be one of the best teams in England … they 've won the cup twice … now they 're in the second division and they had a hard time on saturday … five penalty kicks saw them through … with three tries … none of which were that dazzling … it was Hereford who entertained … their last try was something special something to remember … |
| 23 | 15.8.2 Arbitration appeals used to be commonplace |
| 24 | And somewhere through the hotel muzak lurks the sensation that things used to be different , that we ( my brother and I ) had n't always been wrapped in jumpers , silent , staring at the screen , that the days used to be hot and long . |
| 25 | The industry in this town used to be great but everything 's shutting . |
| 26 | And somewhere through the hotel muzak lurks the sensation that things used to be different , that we ( my brother and I ) had n't always been wrapped in jumpers , silent , staring at the screen , that the days used to be hot and long . |
| 27 | Also sending-offs used to be rare . |
| 28 | Hong Kong used to be renowned for its bargains , but most prices there seemed pretty close to what they are in London . |
| 29 | The monks used to be responsible for the education of the boys , teaching them the three Rs and the elements of Buddhism , the learning being almost entirely by rote , so that approaching a village one could often hear from a distance the shrill boyish voices as they repeated the lesson after their teacher . |
| 30 | ‘ Personal choice for a Western person used to be important . |