Example sentences of "it [adv] [modal v] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , it all used to be so simple . |
| 2 | If you were last the food would be cold , because it all used to be laid out waiting for you to collect . |
| 3 | It all used to be quite lovely before we had |
| 4 | It only used to be a penny . |
| 5 | Course i e , it 's very expensive now but it it only used to be about one and six a pound right up to the end of the war and it 's now two pounds a pound and |
| 6 | I mean it only , it only used to be like the The Plough and and The Bath and er New Inn and |
| 7 | It perhaps ought to be pointed out here that an odd sentence is not necessarily meaningless , or incapable of conveying a message ; nor is it the case that such sentences never occur naturally . |
| 8 | but it was n't like a long thing but like I , the time that I spent with him was like quite a long time , like the evening , whatever , so he 'd get , and like it just used to be constant pauses , it used to be terrible and so we used to get off with each other like you pause for , for what |
| 9 | IT ALWAYS used to be Chrismuzak — the sound of synthesised carols in stores and malls — that turned me into a Scrooge . |
| 10 | Well y it always used to be stowed down at , come from er Sprawton and stowed on the dock , |
| 11 | Eleven o'clock , there were n't restrictions then on , they could keep open as long as they liked , no restrictions on , on time , and er as I say their own place you know it really it was picturesque , I thought in since erm I contacted you I 've been thinking how , what I could help with and er what I could still think about , and er it was really a sight because to walk and it always used to be crowded , well it was one of the best markets round here and er people used to go off and from Bloxwich and er although there 's a good market at Walsall there was n't a Bloxwich market then sadly for years and years , but erm and then if you went to Wolverhampton you got to walk through Windsfield you got to er walk everywhere you went then and except on a Saturday night when the wagonettes used to run on a Saturday but it was amazing to see the girl behind the range now controlling |
| 12 | I know it always used to be the first of April though . |
| 13 | It always used to be the case that one never did chemistry until the secondary school level . |
| 14 | It also used to be thought that pillow lavas could form only at great depths below the surface . |
| 15 | If the moment is before a lunch on the plane , it really ought to be a Bloody Mary . |
| 16 | This is officially the last of the Zodiacal constellations , though since it now contains the Vernal Equinox it really ought to be the first . |
| 17 | A a and if it says Intercity it then it then it really ought to be maroon or the |
| 18 | Like at the moment if there 's anything goes wrong with possessions , it really ought to be the project manager sorting it out . |
| 19 | It often used to be said that Britain had a two-party political system , meaning by this not merely that the electoral system favoured the two major parties , but , less contentiously , that these two parties between them nearly monopolized the votes cast . |
| 20 | It certainly used to be . |
| 21 | Well , use it certainly used to be . |
| 22 | The pedant , persistent as ever , could insist that Pulex irritans is the proper term for a flea and it therefore ought to be provided for those who understand it . |
| 23 | Of course it never used to be like this . |
| 24 | It never used to be like this before . |
| 25 | The point is , it never used to be like that in Scotland , Hogmanay was the main event , short and pagan and festive in a Scottish kind of way . |
| 26 | It never used to be hard ! |
| 27 | where you know , well it never used to be like that . |