Example sentences of "there [vb mod] to [be] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean there ought to be many more people on the right side , as it were , rather than the wrong side . |
| 2 | But while there has been little analysis of the social relations of earlier , equally formal though smaller , or less formal and indeed informal institutions and associations , there ought to be some theoretical hesitation . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | Er a well I do n't know , I feel that th there used to be something in that , that used to burn it up now what they call their top site and when they burned it they took all the acid out of it , and there used to be all yellow stuff come out the chimney and that , when they finished burn that was always red and the Germans used to come after that before the war , Second World War , they used to come after that and they used to reckon they make paintwork but now you done something else different with it and they use I tell you we used to give it the name of green oar or parites |
| 6 | But there are other situations ( and there used to be many more ) in which the social status of the household is measured by the give/take transactions of the wife rather than of the husband . |
| 7 | The areas involved are small , but there used to be many unsightly corners in the mining villages near St Austell and , by making improvements here and there , English China Clays has done much to make life more pleasant for local residents . |
| 8 | There used to be such wonderful blackberries ! |
| 9 | Well and then when it was dry , the at the ends there there used to be another long of pins that road to put the ends on . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Oh and then there used to be another old fellow come here , they called him . |
| 12 | There used to be some nice serials for They used to be thrilling you know , er I can remember I wish they 'd show them now They used to be what we used to call , The voice on the wire and then there was another serial called , Peggo the Ring . |
| 13 | True enough , there used to be some hidden unemployment in East Germany . |