Sentence examples for used to be signed from inspiring English sources

Philomena Kwao, a British-born model of Ghanaian descent, used to be signed to Ford, the 70-year-old behemoth that once helmed the careers of Christie Brinkley, Elle Macpherson, and even a young Martha Stewart.

MR: Signing with a new label and coming from working the latest project independently, in retrospect, what were some of the hardest elements of being your own promoter, your own label, etc.? JM: I used to be signed to Island Def Jam.

(800 736-3998 www.thewrinkledegg.com SIGN ME UP -- An end-of-summer camp ritual used to be signing your name in your friends' autograph book.

"There used to be signs up saying that the customer is always right," Ms. McKinnon said.

"It used to be sign in, sit down and wait, go to triage and wait, register and wait, and then get treatment," said Dr. Raymond Iannaccone, director of emergency services.

Glitzy restaurants and cutting-edge fashion that used to be signs of welcome creativity reek of excess in a time of belt-tightening.

If white people are so impressed with all the changes would they swap places with blacks even for one day?" Recalling that there used to be signs in South Africa that read.

There used to be signs on trains telling people not to eat, but now it's like gay marriage, people have just accepted it.

"It used to be that signing an advertising deal with a portal was an indication to [Wall Street] that this was a serious company and it had arrived.

"30" used to be the sign off sign for ending a column or a news story.

When a label used to sign you, it used to be you would sign away seven years or seven albums at most unless you broke and your manager would renegotiate.