Example sentences of "[conj] there used [prep] [be] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The centre is One , the outer fringe is Six ; zones where there used to be neighbourhoods . |
| 2 | Where there used to be a great big island . |
| 3 | Only in Mile End , where there used to be a fair crop of breweries , could you find a good pub with a good pint of beer . |
| 4 | One theory is that there used to be a group of cattle to the west of the Pennines and in the south west known loosely as the Red Wessex . |
| 5 | It would seem to stand more peacefully now when considering that there used to be much bustle and slamming of doors , the shouts and cries of a houseful of children and the ailing Reverend Tennyson . |
| 6 | The assumption of this explanation is , of course , that there used to be many couples who wanted a divorce but could not have one because their case was not covered by any legislation . |
| 7 | Before it got burnt and that there used to be a dressing rooms there . |
| 8 | Oh of course down there the bottom and that there used to be a lot of erm there used to be some lodging houses what they call lodging houses for people what 's got nowhere to go you know , you used to sleep and . |
| 9 | yes , I suppose actually really you see it 's like the network evenings that there used to be in that ghastly little pub at the West End |
| 10 | This means that at a time of crisis , such as death , there are fewer people to turn to than there used to be when it was the norm to live much nearer to kinfolk . |
| 11 | There were more of them than there used to be , he was sure of it . |
| 12 | Yet ( while there are more lifers than there used to be ) most of them have a great deal to lose . |
| 13 | This attitude has changed somewhat over the years and there are now fewer homes than there used to be . |
| 14 | Although further London spine points have been introduced and the amount of extra pay given to people working in London has therefore increased , there is more flexibility in the system than there used to be . |
| 15 | At a time when the school curriculum is becoming increasingly prescriptive , when there seems less flexibility than there used to be , it might seem difficult to set up collaborative teaching projects . |
| 16 | There 's more violence on the buses than there used to be . |
| 17 | Yes , I think that 's true , but at the same time there is a debate going on as to whether in fact there 's more violence now than there used to be , some people say there is more violence , other people say that , that erm that 's not the case . |
| 18 | There are fewer jobs in chemistry than there used to be . |
| 19 | We could hardly get inside for rubbish and could n't see the floor , it was all dirt , and there used to be two or three benches on which we had to sit down ; then old Morgan would read the Bible to us and pray , we had to kneel down — oh what a dry lesson . |
| 20 | The Emblem of the Holy Trinity ( lo/ 320 ) belonged to the Guild of the Stonecutters and there used to be a statue of a stonecutter above the door . |
| 21 | It has the advantage of being tucked away behind the Munster — and there used to be a large car park there . |
| 22 | And there used to be sort of a mush made from haricot beans too that people said were baked beans and they were n't it was just sort of white mushy erm white haricot beans with a sort of red colouring poured over the top . |
| 23 | And there used to be Gloria , and I still have to think about her even if she is n't here . |
| 24 | They would n't , the miners hardly got anything and there used to be soup kitchens for us and er when it first started in nineteen twenty six and er I was pregnant with my second one and I used to walk right down to Pit with a lace , great big lace basket , they would n't let the men fetch the coal and we had to push the coal from there right to the , oh they 've no idea love , no idea . |
| 25 | That 's all been altered , i they 've all been made into shops and spoilt the you know , the and there used to be old 's , the shoe shop and Mr. 's watch shop and Mrs 's pastry shop . |
| 26 | And there used to be a man had a little forge on the top , a chap named , an old man . |
| 27 | And er and then there used to be some houses what er we did n't live in one of them but there used to be a lot of houses what used to be railings round , and there used to be steps and you 'd go down the steps , into the And they used to c they used to live downstairs and then well of course when you 're in the house in the side the room they used to have another flight of steps to come upstairs to a l a front room or a lounge or whatever you mind to call it . |
| 28 | And there used to be a rub board . |
| 29 | And there used to be all them sort of things . |
| 30 | And there used to be two on the Road , one used to be called Palladium and one used to be called the Palace . |