Example sentences of "they [vb mod] to be [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And there used to be a a little croft croft there of long ago , and it 's er it 's all planted now with trees all round about it but I suppose they could still see where they used to be A black smith had stayed there .
2 What about Port Vale I 've heard people say they used to be a hard team to play .
3 Collectively they used to be a formidable bunch .
4 They used to be a big family in Cullbridge : milling and banking and that sort of thing .
5 They used to be an enclosed order so the whole place is walled .
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