Example sentences of "[interj] [pron] used to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aye she used to be at the bank |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Yeah , yeah , no it used to be grand , but it |
| 4 | Aye he used to be the |
| 5 | And er tt there used to be whistle , you know , like a telephone is ? |
| 6 | Oh there used to be a lot of s er entertainment coming round the streets there used to be er gentlemen as coming round singing . |
| 7 | Yes there used to be a oven one side , a boiler on other and er your fire in the middle and the fire used to have er a a thing what used to come down , and you used to stand your kettle on there to boil . |
| 8 | Oh yes there used to be what they used to called er we used to call Ticky . |
| 9 | Yes there used to be her son , and there used to be me , and there used to be a a girl name Edith right , and there used to be her sister , Ethel right , and then there used to be another young girl named Clara . |
| 10 | Oh yes there used to be a lot of schooners . |
| 11 | Oh yes there used to be very often dances in the hall . |
| 12 | Oh they used to be ever so funny houses you know and in them days and The er you never used to see in the oh a lot of houses and you never used to see big windows like these . |
| 13 | And er oh it used to be great fun |
| 14 | Oh it used to be lovely |
| 15 | Yeah it used to be |