Example sentences of "they used to [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now they 're roughly once a month — they used to be every day . |
| 2 | The anniversaries , they used to be every Easter time , an anniversary , for which the boys invariably got a new little suit , and the girls had a new frock . |
| 3 | They used to These they used to be a round used to be round you know and not very used to hit them as you hit them with a stick you see , they used to wheel wheel round and round . |
| 4 | And there used to be a a little croft croft there of long ago , and it 's er it 's all planted now with trees all round about it but I suppose they could still see where they used to be A black smith had stayed there . |
| 5 | from there and now course they got shipped out and then they used to be a ship as well , used to take it to sea called the |
| 6 | They used to be a big family in Cullbridge : milling and banking and that sort of thing . |
| 7 | Collectively they used to be a formidable bunch . |
| 8 | They used to be a real rough lot as I believe they are still now they 've still got a name today they |
| 9 | What about Port Vale I 've heard people say they used to be a hard team to play . |
| 10 | They used to be an enclosed order so the whole place is walled . |
| 11 | The Mulverins have a farm there now — they used to be the stewards when I was a girl . |
| 12 | Well that was , that was the crew 's job you see cos you used to have , they used to be erm , they used to be the master of the ship , my father , and they would still have a mate , he 's dead and gone and there was myself one side on the starboard side on a winch and we had two men right aft on the after winch and they used to have to look after three chains . |
| 13 | Were n't very clean and er course Ipswich water 's all nice fresh water , they always filled up with fresh water at Ipswich , the Dutch boats which was the we had three boats there , they used to be the Ipswich , Ipswich Progress and Ipswich Pioneer . |
| 14 | Yes , well the New Cut , you see , years ago , they used to be the entrance to the dock . |
| 15 | Cor , there was boxes of brand new tools come down there , spanners , and they used to be the , like these , like a big chopper , well they used to have couple of all with erm breezed up with erm like greaseproof paper over 'em , bag 'em up into the holds , guns , there was guns , what done with the guns they hit the er , just near the barrel or the trigger , th they used to flatten them out so they could n't use 'em but they all went in the ships bombs , or little shells they used to find in there , all scrap iron . |
| 16 | Used to go from Ipswich , they used to be the number one and they had the number two and the number two , she got blown up in Harwich Harbour . |
| 17 | ‘ They used to be the groom 's flat . |