Example sentences of "[ex0] [vb mod] to be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then there used to be the Hippodrome and the Empire . |
| 2 | Ten shillings from Saturday morning , from when they when the men left off at half past four on a Saturday till six o'clock Monday morning , we got ten shillings and if and if we were on watch on th on the night time , cos we used to do one watch one week and one night one week and two nights next , cos there used to be the mate and erm three more sailors , used to take turns , well there was only four nights so the man who done the Monday night , they done the Friday night . |
| 3 | I mean at that time say perhaps go in the pub the or the or the , I mean there used to be so many pubs round the er , the dock area then , I mean you take the , and erm then there used to be the erm there was all them pubs round the dock then , noth one or two more but I ca n't re oh the was another one . |
| 4 | Before the rain there used to be the river running next to a green and a road next to that . |
| 5 | Mm , there used to be the Cardoma almost opposite here , it was an enormous cafe downstairs and an upstairs , and when that went there was nothing to replace it |
| 6 | Now that 's the entrance and there is where the er there used to be the erm er wagon turntable out here , and the entrance for the trucks was er through that doorway . |