Example sentences of "[Wh adv] it used [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And maybe that 's how it used to be — but the person you are today is far removed and different from the individual you were a year or so ago . |
| 2 | And erm that 's how it used to be so o obviously you had to pay like that but er I can remember the the Coop coming to . |
| 3 | And the junior school would sit on the floor in the front and that 's how it used to be arranged . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you remember how it used to be between us , Jessamy ? ’ he went on in that same low and almost hypnotic voice . |
| 5 | I do n't remember how it used to be between us , Julius . ’ |
| 6 | That 's how it used to be years ago . |
| 7 | ‘ It is sad to see all this emptiness , and remember how it used to be . ’ |
| 8 | That 's how it used to be though |
| 9 | Where 's the ray-gun gone ? ’ she asked , looking to where it used to be on the side wall . |
| 10 | So that is a Jacquard , and that 's an electronic Jacquard , means you can do all sorts of different patterns now , where it used to be limited it 's unlimited now . |
| 11 | Oh yes , oh yes each side and er there , some , a few came round erm where it used to be the old picture house , a few came around up as far as Rushbrooks and erm further up towards erm now then The Central , there 's a school that they used to call it The Central but erm |
| 12 | The air fares have gone up , , cos she 's got relatives there and she said where it used to be about . |
| 13 | The way in which forests are disappearing , land is becoming desert , erm food is not being grown in areas where it used to be grown , those are disasters , but what we 're talking about is the , the rather more sudden event which , which you know reaches a crescendo , even if it does take a long time to develop , like a famine , nevertheless the disaster is considered to be that point when perhaps thousands of people are in very desperate need of food . |