Example sentences of "always [modal v] to be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Money always used to be a problem in my own life . |
| 2 | I can always remember that yeah , I won a book called And then er when we came out pictures on Saturday afternoon , there always used to be a gentleman there and he 'd had a great big basket and he 'd like he 'd have a bag of sweets and oranges in these er basket and they used to give the children a bag of sweet and orange and they came out and see pictures for a penny . |
| 3 | That always used to be a fortnight to three weeks to unload a ship but this one ship , that was called , I remember that was called the lovely ship and that had been bombed , that had a bomb drop right on the . |
| 4 | You always used to be a lot quicker than this , Jessamy . ’ |
| 5 | always used to be a half term 's work . |