Example sentences of "there used to [be] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then there used to be erm Mrs her name was , used to keep her little shop at bottom of the yard . |
| 2 | And then er when then as far as where is there used to be erm a fountain . |
| 3 | With a horse , I had a horse then , and er there u there used to be er there used to be three or four of us there with horses and we we used to The the the From the coal face there used to be all individual horses bringing odd tubs into a turnout What we called a turner which was a collection of different tubs you see ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | There used to be er a fish shop and er that used to be called 's that fish shop did . |
| 6 | And er then er then at the at bottom there used to be er a clothes shop . |
| 7 | And then er then where Market is where Market is there used to be er er there 's a school there I do n't know I think it 's still there . |
| 8 | Well along Broadmarsh there used to be er a lodging house there . |
| 9 | Oh there used to be a lot of s er entertainment coming round the streets there used to be er gentlemen as coming round singing . |
| 10 | And er and then there used to be er |
| 11 | Perhaps there used to be er erm a lot of hot cross er buns hanging down . |
| 12 | Oh it had oh yes definitely , they used to have a lot of machinery from Germany , cos they were specialists in , in power presses , oh I used to , the one big press I used to work on I used bells , erm all this was great nearly as high as the ceiling here and it was an press , and er just one just press a lever or a handle there used to be er handles on the side as well sometimes they put levers sometimes a handle and the bell would come out all formed and everything and that was heavy steel , and that was a heavy job , but erm they were very very heavy presses they , the pressure was very I do n't know tons or something like that , but erm it was all er it was all to cut labour out and er and the self-feed as well where one would be feeding it or you 'd pull it yourself , it was automatic all automatic I could n't think of that word before . |
| 13 | I mean that was always a milkman used , there used to be er James was one of the milkmen down Palfrey , he used to come . |
| 14 | And at that particular time there used to be er what do you call it , the fashion was mantlepieces . |
| 15 | There used to be er , a lady that used to come in the cinema when I worked there , and she had a |
| 16 | Cos there 's there was , there used to be fe feed put down for that as well . |
| 17 | Winkles down at Finn Mill there used to be sm well thousands , millions of them , winkles and the ships used to come round from the Blackwater from Colchester area , come round , stay round the Finn Mill about a fortnight and they used to have what they call a well in their boat and they used to have fill up little sacks like a sand bag of winkles and take them round there and cultivate them . |