Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] used [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Demolition sites used to be wonderful sources of all manner of material . |
| 2 | Life insurers used to be able to show any profit from selling a bond in the year in which they traded it . |
| 3 | Well we never heard the name shop steward in those days I do n't think they went that far , there was somebody in charge sort of thing but erm they er got the na the name afterwards I think you know shop steward , but er and then they used to be Miss used to have the garden fetes the garden parties on her lawn , that was for the Liberal Party you see as soon Labour was mentioned there were only Tories and Liberals at that time and er we used to , when there was an election er we used to wait up for the results and then if the Liberals got in Squires ' big bell would be rung if it was twelve o'clock at night or one o'clock in the morning the Squires ' big bell would be rung you see , to say who 'd got in , if the Tories got in it was n't rung because it was a , Squires were Liberals , strong Liberals and er they used to attend the Liberal Club at Shortheath but erm there used to be some fun in those er what 's the name parade if the Liberals got in and dances you know to raise money for the various things , and the garden fetes used to be lovely but er on their lawn . |
| 4 | Arbitration clauses in employment contracts used to be rare . |
| 5 | 15.8.2 Arbitration appeals used to be commonplace |
| 6 | Recession budgets used to be easy to predict . |