Example sentences of "[subord] there used to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The centre is One , the outer fringe is Six ; zones where there used to be neighbourhoods . |
| 2 | Where there used to be a great big island . |
| 3 | Only in Mile End , where there used to be a fair crop of breweries , could you find a good pub with a good pint of beer . |
| 4 | This means that at a time of crisis , such as death , there are fewer people to turn to than there used to be when it was the norm to live much nearer to kinfolk . |
| 5 | There were more of them than there used to be , he was sure of it . |
| 6 | Yet ( while there are more lifers than there used to be ) most of them have a great deal to lose . |
| 7 | This attitude has changed somewhat over the years and there are now fewer homes than there used to be . |
| 8 | Although further London spine points have been introduced and the amount of extra pay given to people working in London has therefore increased , there is more flexibility in the system than there used to be . |
| 9 | At a time when the school curriculum is becoming increasingly prescriptive , when there seems less flexibility than there used to be , it might seem difficult to set up collaborative teaching projects . |
| 10 | There 's more violence on the buses than there used to be . |
| 11 | Yes , I think that 's true , but at the same time there is a debate going on as to whether in fact there 's more violence now than there used to be , some people say there is more violence , other people say that , that erm that 's not the case . |
| 12 | There are fewer jobs in chemistry than there used to be . |
| 13 | Cos there used to be a lot of houses under the shops along there as well . |
| 14 | Ten shillings from Saturday morning , from when they when the men left off at half past four on a Saturday till six o'clock Monday morning , we got ten shillings and if and if we were on watch on th on the night time , cos we used to do one watch one week and one night one week and two nights next , cos there used to be the mate and erm three more sailors , used to take turns , well there was only four nights so the man who done the Monday night , they done the Friday night . |
| 15 | and that , well th well that was cos there used to be all hot cinders you know like coke , red hot coke and they always had clogs then with leather tops . |
| 16 | ‘ Because there used to be a pond there , and that had water in it ’ . |
| 17 | If you are turned down for a grant or loan or you are unhappy with the amount given , there is no right of appeal to an independent tribunal as there used to be . |
| 18 | As she uncovered herself to him — ‘ for I love , and there is no loneliness , no misery , no doubt and ignorance , no hoping for that which seems vain as there used to be , but never will be again ’ — one glimpses the ideal that enabled her to accept without question the life that lay before them . |
| 19 | Oh dear , well I could say er work has got a lot easier for a start , a lot easier and they ai n't as , they ai n't as , there ai n't so much night work as there used to be . |
| 20 | In either case ( the Bank selling more or buying fewer bills ) , there will be a knock-on effect on interest rates throughout the economy , just as there used to be with MLR . |
| 21 | There 's not as many as there used to be . |
| 22 | still there , there is n't , there is n't as much as there used to be , but some are fair amount |
| 23 | It is this disembodied grin that explains the source of Lewis Carroll 's image , for there used to be a special kind of Cheshire cheese which had a grinning feline face marked on one end of it . |
| 24 | When there used to be all houses round there , there used to be a fish shop there as well . |
| 25 | Today I mean they , I mean when you take , years and years ago when there used to be man handling everything same as timber , I mean we had about three hundred dockers then . |