Example sentences of "[unc] used to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There us used to be two sticks . |
| 2 | And then course that used to be different , er used to be different size timber two by sixes , four by twos , inch by one , er inch by ou I mean inch |
| 3 | Erm I know it 's associated with over extraction of water at certain points but but be that as it may , but in the old days the Sussex Lands Committee er used to be er a county function and did take an overview erm of the whole West Sussex scene in terms of what happened erm it is now really now erm not our responsibility , although we put members on it , it 's a now fairly weak er joint body but it 's pretty toothless . |
| 4 | And er one day I went up there and er erm in there for for over two hours right , and who 's the the P A er used to be er . |
| 5 | And the children 's used to be tied behind their back and them what er eat this er cross bun first , used to get a prize . |
| 6 | You see , St Paul 's used to be a sanctuary , a refuge against the sheriff 's men and , as long as you stayed there , you were safe . |
| 7 | No the other , where the donkey 's used to be in the fields , you know , all those churched like houses |
| 8 | new erm stationer 's in the Harvey Centre , where Superdrug 's used to be . |
| 9 | Cos Betty 's used to be in Kwicksave . |
| 10 | Erm y'know erm it 's also erm perhaps interesting the way things have er have shifted you know in the last decade or so , like that thing that erm used to be on in the seventies , It Ai n't Half Hot Mum , with um a number of people pretending to be Indians and and exhibiting all the stereotypes y'know it ai n't half racist mum is probably more erm er in fact there was a book called It Ai n't Half Racist Mum that er Leicester University library had er y'know going on about exactly that you know the sort of y'know racism of comedy . |
| 11 | Ho Choi 's use used to be brilliant ! |
| 12 | And we used to do these er pictures that u used to be on er grey and blue paper and we used to , with white paint we used to make a sort of anything there and then with erm charcoal sticks we used to draw on it . |