Example sentences of "[conj] there used [prep] [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where there used to be a great big island . |
| 2 | Only in Mile End , where there used to be a fair crop of breweries , could you find a good pub with a good pint of beer . |
| 3 | One theory is that there used to be a group of cattle to the west of the Pennines and in the south west known loosely as the Red Wessex . |
| 4 | Before it got burnt and that there used to be a dressing rooms there . |
| 5 | Oh of course down there the bottom and that there used to be a lot of erm there used to be some lodging houses what they call lodging houses for people what 's got nowhere to go you know , you used to sleep and . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It has the advantage of being tucked away behind the Munster — and there used to be a large car park there . |
| 8 | And there used to be a man had a little forge on the top , a chap named , an old man . |
| 9 | And there used to be a rub board . |
| 10 | There was a a lot of shops on and then as across the road there used to be a Road and there used to be a lot of shops there . |
| 11 | And there used to be a sweet shop on the High Road er next to 's and er me dad 'd call in He used to keep open till late then . |
| 12 | And there used to be a lady named Mrs , used to come and take us . |
| 13 | Yes there used to be her son , and there used to be me , and there used to be a a girl name Edith right , and there used to be her sister , Ethel right , and then there used to be another young girl named Clara . |
| 14 | From Redgrave they used to start at six in the morning ; and there used to be a string of horses , tied head to tail , going from Redgrave to Billingford . |
| 15 | The buses used to start from their to Hampton , and there used to be a place where they would leave newspapers and they put , put a er box there by that and people used to take out newspaper and put the money into the box and er , you ca n't dream of that sort of thing now . |
| 16 | And there used to be a a little croft croft there of long ago , and it 's er it 's all planted now with trees all round about it but I suppose they could still see where they used to be A black smith had stayed there . |
| 17 | and erm they used to have to send these cards to Birmingham to be processed and there used to be a van going out from er Milner House to Birmingham . |
| 18 | ‘ I miss the comradeship and there used to be a lot among directors and with other clubs . |
| 19 | And there used to be a a lean to just there . |
| 20 | Y y you need n't lock your door up in those days you could leave your door open , and they 'd come and knock on your door and anybody in and I , I do n't think we ever had a key to our front door , but er no they were very friendly and there used to be an old midwife , Mrs her name was the , she used to charge half a crown for a birth . |
| 21 | Cos there used to be a lot of houses under the shops along there as well . |
| 22 | Ten shillings from Saturday morning , from when they when the men left off at half past four on a Saturday till six o'clock Monday morning , we got ten shillings and if and if we were on watch on th on the night time , cos we used to do one watch one week and one night one week and two nights next , cos there used to be the mate and erm three more sailors , used to take turns , well there was only four nights so the man who done the Monday night , they done the Friday night . |
| 23 | You probably do n't remember it but there used to be a bowl and a big jug for washing you in the bedroom . |
| 24 | And er and then there used to be some houses what er we did n't live in one of them but there used to be a lot of houses what used to be railings round , and there used to be steps and you 'd go down the steps , into the And they used to c they used to live downstairs and then well of course when you 're in the house in the side the room they used to have another flight of steps to come upstairs to a l a front room or a lounge or whatever you mind to call it . |
| 25 | but there used to be a caravan down here , I 'm not joking the value of stuff that was in it , was unbelievable and it was so clean and every thing had a place and it was all mirrored inside , cos he liked the mirrors and , or glass work , oh it was beautiful |
| 26 | ‘ Because there used to be a pond there , and that had water in it ’ . |
| 27 | It is this disembodied grin that explains the source of Lewis Carroll 's image , for there used to be a special kind of Cheshire cheese which had a grinning feline face marked on one end of it . |