Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] there [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This attitude has changed somewhat over the years and there are now fewer homes than there used to be . |
| 2 | The centre is One , the outer fringe is Six ; zones where there used to be neighbourhoods . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There 's more violence on the buses than there used to be . |
| 5 | The authority of the verderers , like that of the coroners , had ended with the previous reign , so the king sent out orders to the sheriffs to make arrangements for the election of ‘ as many verderers as there ought to be and used to be ’ in nineteen forests south of Trent , and in Sherwood Forest north of it , ‘ as no verderer is as yet elected therein by command of the King , |
| 6 | Yet ( while there are more lifers than there used to be ) most of them have a great deal to lose . |
| 7 | yes , I suppose actually really you see it 's like the network evenings that there used to be in that ghastly little pub at the West End |