Example sentences of "then there [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I would have thought that if there was to be some assessment of a reasonable expectation of development proceeding , then there ought to be some assessment of demand , and I have n't seen that yet . |
| 2 | Oh we used to er there used to be er er two rooms downstairs and then there used to be what you used to call er the attic they used to call them in them days . |
| 3 | And er and then there used to be some houses what er we did n't live in one of them but there used to be a lot of houses what used to be railings round , and there used to be steps and you 'd go down the steps , into the And they used to c they used to live downstairs and then well of course when you 're in the house in the side the room they used to have another flight of steps to come upstairs to a l a front room or a lounge or whatever you mind to call it . |
| 4 | Well all that and then there used to be what they used call er net mending but my mother used to do that . |
| 5 | Well then there used to be frames Ooh er as long as a street the room used to be . |
| 6 | Well and then there used to be a stripper it 's a a long thing like that and there and er you 'd put it on . |
| 7 | And then then there used to be on Boulevard . |
| 8 | And then there used to be erm Mrs her name was , used to keep her little shop at bottom of the yard . |
| 9 | And then there used to be the Hippodrome and the Empire . |
| 10 | And er and then there used to be er |
| 11 | They 're like that , and then they 've got a shuttlecock the shuttlecock used to er have er like a a cork thing and then there used to be feathers round . |
| 12 | Yes there used to be her son , and there used to be me , and there used to be a a girl name Edith right , and there used to be her sister , Ethel right , and then there used to be another young girl named Clara . |
| 13 | And then there used to be talking about and er if you passed by them . |
| 14 | There was Pat , he swept chimleys , er and then there used to be an old fellow come , he used to mend , mend dishes you ken , what you call a china faker . |
| 15 | And then there used to be old Tom and Mary . |
| 16 | Oh and then there used to be another old fellow come here , they called him . |
| 17 | Yes it did it run down to the river and we used to have to write to get a permit to camp on there for the week but then there used to be an old , the old foreman of he used to come round every Saturday night , have you got your permit ? |
| 18 | Now on that twenty feet long , now I 'm up about say , you can say anything like about fifteen feet up in the in the air , might be less than that and then you got twenty feet up like that , well then there used to be wire and used to have a big wheel in top , which you could n't go over the top and with a wire , then I used to have a sling chain , my main hook and that was thirteen foot long and you take th that and on , on working on top of the lorry , see you got to be so careful and there 's men working on that lorry as well , course I broke the wheel . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But the the regular men were getting more money than but er And then there used to be men down there , storing the slate , regular men on the outside , my father was one of them . |