Example sentences of "used [prep] be just " in BNC.
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| 1 | There used to be just the sports in the afternoon ; Mary Clarke and Bill Scott remembered when the races were held on the roads through the village , in the days before there were so many motor cars . |
| 2 | ‘ It used to be just a couple of fans outside but there are more now . |
| 3 | Whereas it used to be just the blonde stereotype , now it 's changed to become more exotic , interesting or diverse . |
| 4 | Love used to be just something she heard about in sove songs or followed in picstrips . |
| 5 | Cup board cos it used to be just a just a shelf just a board with some hooks on it hang your cups on it . |
| 6 | Locust , locust beans they 'd be about that length , they used to be just like a brown bean , they were dry . |
| 7 | No it used to be just the sacks stop the dust and go down the back and I 've known the time what er , when they needed a regular gang of dockers , if they went to work on er , on er Monday morning with a dirty head bag on made of calico , they 'd have to buy the beer cos they had , if they ai n't got a clean head bag on or a cl clean skullcap , there used to be a little old calico skullcap they used to put on just to keep the dust out the hair and all like that . |
| 8 | The U V F which is now a much larger terrorist organization has responded by killing catholics and there 's tremendous fear now in both communities , there used to be just fear in the protestant communities , they were being attacked by the I R A , but now as the Cardinal has said there 's very big fear in the catholic community as well . |
| 9 | They used to be just another attraction at a children 's zoo — but then they learned to trampoline . |
| 10 | They 've changed all the things that used to be just because they know Like form twos always used to have an end of term leaving party . |
| 11 | Well there used to be just me but then they 've employed another one and we were so fed up with being on nights that we said look , I 'm afraid we 've had enough of this , you know so she I said to her how about you allocate us each to a ward you see |