Example sentences of "[vb mod] to be three " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Used to be three , ’ said Ben Warriss . |
| 2 | It is the ‘ big ’ house of Rye , built in 1722 by a local man , James Lamb , taking in what used to be three smaller houses on the same site . |
| 3 | The run used to be three miles but I added a quarter mile spur in order to use the time to best advantage . |
| 4 | With a horse , I had a horse then , and er there u there used to be er there used to be three or four of us there with horses and we we used to The the the From the coal face there used to be all individual horses bringing odd tubs into a turnout What we called a turner which was a collection of different tubs you see ? |
| 5 | I think well there used to be three or four picture houses in the town , there 's only one now . |
| 6 | There used to be three , the Essex , the Suffolk and the Norfolk and the Suffolk had two funnels and the er the Norfolk had one funnel . |
| 7 | ‘ It used to be three , now it 's two . |
| 8 | It used to be three and sixpence I think , it is about five pounds now . |
| 9 | ‘ Used to be three five one , ’ he pronounced at last . |
| 10 | Remember it used to be three inches long and now a foot long , with a flapper |
| 11 | they 've erm , erm fifty-eight 's up at Black Bridge , they used to be three of them there and , one of them was used in the |