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Example sentences of "and [ex0] used to be a " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The Emblem of the Holy Trinity ( lo/ 320 ) belonged to the Guild of the Stonecutters and there used to be a statue of a stonecutter above the door .
2	It has the advantage of being tucked away behind the Munster — and there used to be a large car park there .
3	And there used to be a man had a little forge on the top , a chap named , an old man .
4	And there used to be a rub board .
5	There was a a lot of shops on and then as across the road there used to be a Road and there used to be a lot of shops there .
6	And there used to be a sweet shop on the High Road er next to 's and er me dad 'd call in He used to keep open till late then .
7	And there used to be a lady named Mrs , used to come and take us .
8	Yes there used to be her son , and there used to be me , and there used to be a a girl name Edith right , and there used to be her sister , Ethel right , and then there used to be another young girl named Clara .
9	From Redgrave they used to start at six in the morning ; and there used to be a string of horses , tied head to tail , going from Redgrave to Billingford .
10	The buses used to start from their to Hampton , and there used to be a place where they would leave newspapers and they put , put a er box there by that and people used to take out newspaper and put the money into the box and er , you ca n't dream of that sort of thing now .
11	And there used to be a a little croft croft there of long ago , and it 's er it 's all planted now with trees all round about it but I suppose they could still see where they used to be A black smith had stayed there .
12	and erm they used to have to send these cards to Birmingham to be processed and there used to be a van going out from er Milner House to Birmingham .
13	‘ I miss the comradeship and there used to be a lot among directors and with other clubs .
14	And there used to be a a lean to just there .