Example sentences of "[vb mod] to be [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Where the bus , and you know where the buses park and everything , that used to be all sidings right under that bridge that 's got the weight limit on |
| 32 | Well that used to be all the rage once , did n't it ? |
| 33 | It used to be all in that little log book on the wall . |
| 34 | It 's so sad because she used to be such a lively and outgoing person . |
| 35 | There used to be such wonderful blackberries ! |
| 36 | ‘ He used to be such a cheerful , happy and friendly man . |
| 37 | I used to be such a smug little prig . |
| 38 | You used to be such an ass about her in the old days . |
| 39 | There used to be such a thing as loyalty in this Dale . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ You 've changed so much and you used to be such a happy child . |
| 41 | It 's certainly absolutely dreadful and erm people complain when they come down and say , whatever 's happened to , it used to be such an attractive place , but obviously when the grass is knee high it does n't look very nice for anyone to see . |
| 42 | You used to be such a sweet old-fashioned thing last year , ’ she simpered sarcastically . |
| 43 | He says Fridays are unbeleivable through here and it used to be such a nice quiet town . |
| 44 | The Phoenix used to be such a good pub . |
| 45 | Well and then when it was dry , the at the ends there there used to be another long of pins that road to put the ends on . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | Oh and then there used to be another old fellow come here , they called him . |
| 48 | There used to be another tree , I believe , known as Robin Hood 's Larder … |
| 49 | Bottom part of Harlow , down by the Fire Station where do they , there used to be another doctor had a surgery down there Dr |
| 50 | Er , it used to be those over eighty , but it 's been reduced to those over seventy five . |
| 51 | Good educational software for the PC used to be few and far between — the graphics were normally poor , the interface fiddly and most were totally over priced . |
| 52 | And er there used to be these er like Scotch people you know , with kilts , with swords and put them on the floor and dance round the swords and . |
| 53 | is a is a place where ooh there , there used to be any number of Welsh chapels |
| 54 | A small lodge house that used to be some sort of appendage of Burnage Court is currently for sale through Hamptons . |
| 55 | Which was , say , when they 'd started the the roll of bacon , there always used to be some little bits before they got the full rashers , well , you could n't sell those , you could n't s I mean even though things were tight in those days , you could n't sell any sort of bacon , you either sold best back , or you sold belly bacon . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | There was a little post office there and there used to be some shop on there . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | There used to be some nice serials for They used to be thrilling you know , er I can remember I wish they 'd show them now They used to be what we used to call , The voice on the wire and then there was another serial called , Peggo the Ring . |
| 60 | True enough , there used to be some hidden unemployment in East Germany . |