Example sentences of "[that] used to [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've changed all the things that used to be just because they know Like form twos always used to have an end of term leaving party . |
| 2 | Ah erm tt Vicki what 's that casino called that used to be somewhere near the erm Boys Brigade place ? |
| 3 | Crane Holdings are what is left of Crane-Freuhauf , the well-known trailer manufacturers that used to be around . |
| 4 | I thing recently the bus service has got dreadful since they brought in er private buses to their local areas , it was good for the first few months , but when they find out that its not paying at all , they take them off , they do n't tell you , the bus just disappears so your left with the usual one that used to be on . |
| 5 | Oh it was lovely that was and remember that programme that used to be on , erm Within These Walls about the prison , the women in prison ? |
| 6 | Erm that later on , the signal box that used to be here was moved over to the other side , that 's all that 's there for . |
| 7 | Adam was thinking about this interesting word that used to be simply another term for pine but which originally meant a certain size of plank , from the Low German dele , when there came a loud knocking on the back door . |
| 8 | His remarks brought to mind a particularly tough circuit-training class , Terry 's Power Hour , that used to be much in vogue at Battersea 's Metropolitan Club . |
| 9 | The climate of violence that used to be there inside football has diminished . |
| 10 | ‘ You remember the crucifix that used to be there ? |
| 11 | One time that used to be further in the dock and I used to be let the erm , the manager know , the pool manager , cos at one time before the war , dockers were erm casual and when the war started , then they thought theirself , right we 're gon na make er dockers more or less permanent , so they all come under the Ipswich Dock Commission then . |
| 12 | Basic foodstuffs were in short supply and the local vodka and wine ( not to mention imported liquor ) that used to be readily available before the revolution in Tehran and a number of other centres were prohibited and could be found only on the black market . |