Example sentences of "i used [to-vb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Sometimes I used to go for a pee at this point . |
2 | I used to work for a furniture and I always had the King 's Lynn I think was always easier |
3 | And Ray er Mr from Nottingham says , I used to work for a circus , I 'm an animal lover and all the animals I saw were treated very well . |
4 | I used to work for a record company as an office junior ages ago and they were always talking about music as being a packet of cornflakes : you just have to make it look right and make it so it 's easy to recognise and people will buy it . |
5 | ‘ I used to work for the bugger — you know that , do n't you ? ’ |
6 | ‘ It was sixty years ago since I left this place , I used to work for the blacksmith . ’ |
7 | Many years ago I used to write for a magazine called ‘ Electronics and Computing Monthly ’ which was killed , even though it had a good circulation . |
8 | I used to model for a hairdresser — Herberts in Liverpool — and I had my hair dyed blonde and red , it looked great — honest , but as it started to grow out I neglected it . |
9 | But sometimes , when I had time to spare , I used to look for a bargain in the Mercato della Ghiaia , the Gravel Market , which still exists today . |