1.   All the young men were bucks - a young buck in the old days used to be a gentleman.

2.   And way back, you know I used to be a hair stylist myself.

3.   First, he said, the administration was more actively engaged in trade policy than the Bush people used to be.

4.   I used to be a member of the Take That fan club.

5.   It used to be, says W, that the greatest aspiration of models was to become actors.

6.   She then began pointing to a gas station, or what used to be a gas station.

7.   There are far more game shows on TV than there used to be.

8.   There used to be a grain elevator, but it closed.