Example sentences of "there [vb mod] to be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was said that there ought to be more sharing and swapping , in the name of change , equality and the exploration of the self . |
| 2 | ‘ There used to be plenty — small perch , and pike , and eel — but they never seemed to grow to any size . ’ |
| 3 | There used to be just the sports in the afternoon ; Mary Clarke and Bill Scott remembered when the races were held on the roads through the village , in the days before there were so many motor cars . |
| 4 | The U V F which is now a much larger terrorist organization has responded by killing catholics and there 's tremendous fear now in both communities , there used to be just fear in the protestant communities , they were being attacked by the I R A , but now as the Cardinal has said there 's very big fear in the catholic community as well . |
| 5 | Well there used to be just me but then they 've employed another one and we were so fed up with being on nights that we said look , I 'm afraid we 've had enough of this , you know so she I said to her how about you allocate us each to a ward you see |
| 6 | There used to be nearly every |
| 7 | ‘ There used to be this old-fashioned clothes shop on the Corso , ’ she went on more quietly . |
| 8 | It would seem to stand more peacefully now when considering that there used to be much bustle and slamming of doors , the shouts and cries of a houseful of children and the ailing Reverend Tennyson . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | They open up the these blast furnaces and the , we 'd all be in the open air and the reflection there used to be quite a reflection in the sky all round there . |
| 11 | There 's quite a lot there used to be quite a contingent worked in ships and of course it 's all stain work and just sprayed now . |
| 12 | Now there is another , another part it 's very nice and that is round Lane and er Road and all round there used to be very nice at one time . |
| 13 | Oh yes there used to be very often dances in the hall . |