Example sentences of "[noun sg] there used to [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the reservoir dam there used to be a place called Blackton House which was rather crowded . |
| 2 | And then er where the facing the ice rink there used to be a pub called the cricketers , well that 's still there . |
| 3 | With a little wall round and on this island there used to be a lot of houses on and they used to be all what they call alms hous old people lived in them and that . |
| 4 | There was a a lot of shops on and then as across the road there used to be a Road and there used to be a lot of shops there . |
| 5 | And then you know where the foun the water fountain was where the marsh is , there used to every weekend there used to be a er a chip and fish stall there w and hot peas . |
| 6 | Well they usually out out of the er hydrant on the quay cos the hydrant on the quay there used to be a water main a the water main used to go along there and we used to put so much water into the boat and now we come down and used to pump that out and then go back after some more . |
| 7 | Well shipping Angus , so you know when the dredgers go on er er er creeping ahead , see we used to have er what we call the head wire there used to be a wire which was all stretched out say about half a mile and what you s and erm and all according what erm how much mud you were dredging for the depth of water and then my father would give the signal to say right , cos on the , on the head wire used to have a pull , we call the pulls and they were like er a jutted piece off the wheel and he 'd say five pulls ahead and we 'd say one two three four five right and we went ahead with it and then when we were dredging sidewards you see , used to sidewards , you never went ahead with it , not all the time you c you went sidewards across the river , and erm once you got ahead your side chains they moving up cos you got so far ahead th that the side chains were n't much good to you , so you had to then move your side chains so you got a little off the mud in an old boat and then re further up the river . |
| 8 | Everyone put their lunch into the basket in the corner and in this first class there used to be a a sandpit and I remember we we had very big cards , well I say very big about six inches long by three inches wide . |