Example sentences of "[noun sg] used to [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The run used to be three miles but I added a quarter mile spur in order to use the time to best advantage . |
| 2 | This " issue " could range from — " How do you teach your little sister to tie her shoelaces ? " through — " How will you persuade the Pied Piper to release our children ? " to — " Can you encourage this reluctant old man to give a radio interview about the way the community used to be 60 years ago ? " |
| 3 | ‘ Three main meals every week used to be two pieces of toast each in a bowl , with milk and sugar . ’ |
| 4 | You go from er Hopeworths , Mason and Burnhams , John , Gill and Russells , Walker Brothers it was er a terribly industrial , well you could fi Road used to be all granite sets in the road , there was n't the , because there was so much traffic went up and down er it was all made of granite sets when I , when I was a kid , but my , shall I tell you what I used to do when I was a kid for my Saturday morning ? |
| 5 | In those days , everything at the Arts Theatre used to be short runs . |
| 6 | maybe a bit younger the fashion used to be winkle-picker shoes . |