Example sentences of "used [to-vb] [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At about 2am I used to go up to the lab . |
| 2 | We used to work there from half past twelve till five o'clock at night , taking the bucket out and put another bucket in because the buckets what they used to call the bushes what were connected to the links they used to wear and we used to have to take them , one of them out and used to have a big chain go right the way round and bring the , bring the buckets backwards and they used to loosen up all the , all the pins what used to go through the buckets in the , in the links , so we took them out and then they used to go up to the dock and br they put new bushes in . |
| 3 | So when you say you used to go up to the pool . |
| 4 | In the 1920s , Dundas Hamilton 's father , Arthur Hamilton , used to go off to the Stock Exchange each day with a bag containing socks and shoes . |
| 5 | ‘ We used to go down to the park on Sunday afternoons , taking the children down when they were very young . |
| 6 | At nights he used to go down to the shore and look out across the sea you see and he wondered what was happening back home at Greentoft and fairly homesick . |
| 7 | We had screens on wheels in latter years at , last few years at school and er he used to go down to the tea room for a cup of tea half way down the stairs , the teachers ' room and perhaps go toilet as well , and er the one at the back was a foot out from the screen and every now and then he 'd have a look to see if he was coming and er we , what had had a big case with birds in and the lads who were doing it looked in this , saw the reflection and shh he 's coming . |
| 8 | They used to go down to the clogger 's shop , which was at the bottom of the road where they lived , and he used to make toast , make a drink , and they used to sit round by the light of a candle , eating toast and drinking . |
| 9 | I eh , we used to go out to the West Mersea a lot , during the summer , you know , when it , when I was at Colchester doing , mm , swimming , nice swimming and eh , . |
| 10 | Another time was about October , I do n't know what he was doing with them , but in October , middle of October , we used to go out to the beach and shoot erm Oh what do you call them now ? |
| 11 | Time was you used to go out to the pictures to see something new , to escape endless reruns of old TV shows . |
| 12 | You paid a small fee you see or a small charge to have this and the your mother used to put the the dough in the tin and er a little s bit of paper with the name on it , you see with a name on it and that used to go in to the oven . |
| 13 | We used to drive around to the end of runways . |
| 14 | Every Saturday morning , while I was setting up the barrow , Mr Salmon used to disappear off to the Whitechapel synagogue leaving his wife to run the shop . |
| 15 | He 's been a little funkateer since ‘ 85 , but he used to come around to the Bootsy Collins Rubber Band shows back in ‘ 75 and ‘ 76 . |
| 16 | ‘ A ’ and the other girls used to come round to the house asking me to do their hair or their eyebrows . |
| 17 | He used to come round to the house , a few years ago , before he took up so much with the Labour Party . " |
| 18 | Oh yes we use cos when you 're dredging , you see when the eels came in the mud , eels always go in the mud in the winter time , you do n't , many eels swirl out , they go in the mud and when you 're dredging and they 're going into the hopper , cos they used to get stunned and they used to swim round right down the top of the water and they used to come up to the side , and if they come up to the side you could have your knife and just come here , cos they were stunned , pick 'em out . |
| 19 | And they used to come up to the maintenance workshop |
| 20 | To get off my frustration I used to come down to the track and run it out . |
| 21 | Do you know when we used to walk up to the shopping centre from our house ? |
| 22 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 23 | But er it was quite a simple job and er I liked it , then now and again I used to walk down to the station master 's or the station inspector 's office you know , have a chat with him and and get the gen on what was for the weekend working you see . |
| 24 | And then I used to get on to the dray and sit beside him on the box and then we 'd go as far as Road , which is quite a stretch and I used o walk back . |