Example sentences of "[noun pl] used to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These tough little animals used to be swum across the narrow straits ( or Kyles , hence the alternative name ‘ Kyloe ’ for the breed ) between the islands and the mainland . |
| 2 | An occasional railtour has used the line in recent years , and one employed green liveried class 20 's 20030/64 , seen at Neepsend where the entrance to the old GC engine sheds used to be . |
| 3 | The offices used to be in West Byfleet in Surrey . |
| 4 | New housing ( Seaview Gardens ) is under construction where the pit offices used to be and in Nelson Close twin symbols of the Conservative years the television dish and the burglar alarm sprout with the Spring . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's like all the Italian restaurants used to be , is n't it ? |
| 6 | The menu was 600 francs , and while the food was very simple it reminded me of what Provençal restaurants used to be like in the days before even the most ordinary of Provençal dishes became a " speciality " listed on the menu as a supplement at 750 francs . |
| 7 | Celebrity homes used to be guaranteed to make big bucks but not any more . ’ |
| 8 | Some of the preachers used to be very enthusiastic , not to say a trifle over-active , when delivering their message . |
| 9 | Life insurers used to be able to show any profit from selling a bond in the year in which they traded it . |
| 10 | The kids used to be standing there one time — well , we hit them a few times with the cape and it had a bottle in it . |
| 11 | ( Spencer Shops used to be a railroad maintenance / classification facility owned by Southern Railway ) . |
| 12 | What did the shops used to be like cos you used to have to go to the Old Town did n't you ? |
| 13 | Two of my brothers used to be car mechanics and would use ANYTHING washing up liquid , bleach , industrial strength cleaner to get those tell-tale oily fingernails clean before they ventured out on a date . |
| 14 | We 'd drop old ladies off at Victoria Station and the black cab drivers used to be very grumpy with us — in fact they used to punch you very hard in the mouth . |
| 15 | Most funds used to be of a general nature investing mainly in the UK . |
| 16 | Latin American nations used to be among the most prosperous of the nations of the South . |
| 17 | Stag parties and hen parties used to be held the night before the wedding , the last opportunity for the girls and boys to go out , or stay at home , with friends of their own sex . |
| 18 | Living in the country , we tend to put on a bit of a show on special occasions , and Edward 's parties used to be very sought-after . |
| 19 | It 's only the ground floor , really , and it is set out with a bar at the back and refreshments like the old music halls used to be with every so often , every few seats there is a table so that it 's a thing to have your drink and refreshments to hand at the table . |
| 20 | Morrissey 's Bar in Abbeyleix is like most Irish pubs used to be . |
| 21 | Sidney lives out here on the eastern side of the town where the fish cellars used to be . |
| 22 | The chapels used to be full , the chapels used to be full . |
| 23 | The chapels used to be full , the chapels used to be full . |
| 24 | The offences used to be ‘ knowingly selling intoxicating liquor ’ and ‘ selling tobacco to a person apparently under the age of sixteen years ’ . |
| 25 | Industrial parks now stand where pepper plantations used to be , modern buses have taken over from the rickshaw and Singaporeans now live in high-rise apartments rather than the traditional kampongs . |
| 26 | Waddesdon 's 165 acres of gardens used to be tended by 120 gardeners bound to silence in daylight . |
| 27 | Partisan nomination of senior judges used to be the rule in Britain but has not really been so since the 1920s . |
| 28 | Demolition sites used to be wonderful sources of all manner of material . |
| 29 | Family planners used to be condemned as lackeys of US imperialism who wanted to suppress the dark threatening hordes of the Third World poor . |
| 30 | His grandparents used to be Gypsies and Jon realised from an early age that he would like to follow in their footsteps . |