there used to be

• There used to be a sawmill nearby
  这里附近曾经有一个锯木厂
• Jews like there used to be , they were something completely different
  以前的犹太人和现在的完全不同。
• There used to be a cinema in the town but now there isn ' t
  以前这个小镇里有个电影院的，但是现在没有了。
• He is living in a newly - built house where there used to be a pond
  他现在居住的新房是原先一个池塘的旧址。
• There is less stigma attached to illegitimacy now than there used to be
  私生子女已经不象过去那样见不得人了。
• There used to be a couch here
  这以前有张睡椅
• There used to be a couch here
  这以前有张睡椅
• There used to be a family living in the wooden house under the big tree
  过去有一户人家住在一棵大树底下的小木屋里
• There used to be the old site of ispection office of shenchuan in song dynasty
  宋朝绍兴时这里曾是椹川的巡检司旧址。
• There used to be a lot of fighting in this area , but things are better now
  过去这个地区有许多战斗，可是现在情况好多了。