Example sentences of "used to have to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This computerised index replaced a card index system that used to have to be updated by hand by bureaux staff . |
| 2 | During the day there was a factory and you used to have to make boxes , or if you were a cleaner you used to have to scrub the landings and everything , or there was a farm and you could work there — but you used to have to be really trusted to work on that . |
| 3 | Used to have to be very rather experienced in them days to do this here net mending . |
| 4 | The meat used to have to be pressure cooked for four hours to make it tender enough to eat ! |
| 5 | They used to have to be brave , now they just have to hang around waiting for someone to press a button . |