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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

It used to be that

Is this sequence of words ever used in a sentence? Could you tell me a sentence?

It used to be that...

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Where did you get that sequence of words and why do you think they might be used in a sentence?

— Mister Micawber

  • Where did you get that sequence of words and why do you think they might be used in a sentence?
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Where did you get that sequence of words and why do you think they might be used in a sentence?
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It used to be that tracking down citations of expressions was a tedious process. Online corpora have changed all that - COCA has 408 citations for lt used to be that ...'.
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FrazeIt's a great resource, but by the way, CJ, did you notice the first bit of its homepage ( http://fraze.it/n_index.jsp?l=0 ) ?—

FrazeIt is a fun and powerful phrase manager. It gives you access to millions of phrases coming from top writers, as well as an handy way to manage your own content.
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Mister Micawberan handy way
That a awful slip, an horrible one.
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Mister Micawberdid you notice the first bit of its homepage ... FrazeIt is a fun and powerful phrase manager.
No! I was too busy enjoying the fun and the power!
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