Example sentences of "they used [verb] [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well that happened and er I was man and er they er brought me all the odd jobs that was going about and they used to go down the warehouse and er there was a fellow there , well a woman more than anything , know 'd where every thing was and in no time at all they showed me where the things were and er I er , young , it was in my memory , and in no time at all the men in the shop used to come and ask me to get them something from out the warehouse for this and that and the other . |
| 2 | Barton-on-Humber , Burton Stava Broomfleet all had clay pits where they used to dig out the clay and cut it up and make it into bricks . |
| 3 | They used to come out every summer to Southmoor , where I lived , to pick the hops and work on the local market garden and erm I agree with whoever said if you treat them right they 'll treat you right . |
| 4 | We did , we did the Merry Widow and we had , th the Gazettes they 're called , th the Gazettes and er they used to come out the wings with all this , you know ? |
| 5 | They used to travel around a lot , handing out leaflets and things . |
| 6 | My husband recollect when they used to climb up the stocks to put the owd canvas sails on the mill . |