Example sentences of "[noun] and [noun] used to [be] " in BNC.

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1 Gloucestershire 's schools and colleges used to be cleaned by the county council 's own in house contractors — gloucestershire services .
2 Yeah , the fat one 's Donna 's sister and Geraldine used to be best friends with Kelly and she lives in Big Ben .
3 In fact , Shane ‘ Patrick Number Six ’ MacGowan and Shaun used to be in a group together at school long before The Pogues and the Mondays were formed .
4 She remembered how close Connor and Rosie used to be ; he had always been very fond of his half-sister — there was no doubt about that .
5 Similarly September , October and November used to be the seventh , eighth and ninth months , and March was the first month of the year according to the old Julian calendar instituted in 46BC .
6 Do you remember that George and Mildred used to be on telly in comedy ?
7 Mm , what did erm the dentist and hospitals used to be like before the New Town was built ?
8 Yeah her mother and father used to be the , but they were sort of in the always in the scene erm , repertory and they were in charge of you know ?
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