Example sentences of "[modal v] to be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There used to be plenty — small perch , and pike , and eel — but they never seemed to grow to any size . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You mean the old fortune-teller who used to be here ? |
| 3 | ‘ This never used to be here , ’ said Bellamy . |
| 4 | Are we slap a tax on , tariff on there that reduces consumption right , what with world prices , world prices they used to be here they 're now down here alright . |
| 5 | Used to be here . |
| 6 | That used to be here , you know , when that was on . |
| 7 | Used to be here though did n't it ? |
| 8 | Erm that later on , the signal box that used to be here was moved over to the other side , that 's all that 's there for . |
| 9 | And er the level crossing of the old A one used to be here . |
| 10 | Each of these three events involved the legal process or changes in the law , and as such inevitably make the censorship issue in libraries less localized than it used to be even after the Obscene Publications Act of 1959 . |
| 11 | His father did n't like talking about it much either and used to be slightly dismissive and jokey about it all . |
| 12 | At one time the Pinot Blanc and the Chardonnay , which used to be erroneously called the Pinot Chardonnay , were considered to be one and the same , which is why there is usually evidence of its existence wherever the Chardonnay is traditionally cultivated . |
| 13 | He used to be pretty good , as I remember . ’ |
| 14 | Bad news that one , but you used to be pretty friendly , did n't you ? ’ |
| 15 | I 'm very aware there 's lots of johs I ought to do — I used to be pretty thorough — and there are things I have n't got the time to do . |
| 16 | Plumber — more women are taking on what used to be traditionally male jobs , mainly because they are better paid . |
| 17 | I 've always thought of class in the following way — I think that , that class is broadly , or used to be broadly , ways in which people live . |
| 18 | A village which started looking into its own history has discovered that it used to be somewhere else . |
| 19 | Ah erm tt Vicki what 's that casino called that used to be somewhere near the erm Boys Brigade place ? |
| 20 | I used to be right tanned skin . |
| 21 | St Colum seems to have attracted legends around himself wherever he went , for as Columba he used to be well known to every Scottish schoolboy for converting the King of the Picts , banishing water horses and other praiseworthy acts . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ It used to be just a couple of fans outside but there are more now . |
| 24 | Whereas it used to be just the blonde stereotype , now it 's changed to become more exotic , interesting or diverse . |
| 25 | Love used to be just something she heard about in sove songs or followed in picstrips . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Locust , locust beans they 'd be about that length , they used to be just like a brown bean , they were dry . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | They used to be just another attraction at a children 's zoo — but then they learned to trampoline . |