Example sentences of "he used [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | is it , ah , they used to be su , according to everyone he was such a so and so , he er , he 's , he used to be barmy , he was like the clo , close barmy man and he used to like chase people around with bricks and stuff and everyone used to hate him and like Julian and Andy used to beat him up all the time |
| 2 | Another thing we used to do regularly as well we boys er there was a erm a yeast merchant in erm er Road , well I say merchant it ti it was his house , and he had a garage at the side of it and he used to sell yeast . |
| 3 | ‘ After Winston had retired , he used to give lunch parties every two weeks or so in the basement of his house in Hyde Park Gate . |
| 4 | Oh yeah you had Sunday off , there was a the boss Mr was a Congregationalist , he used to attend Road Congregational Church . |
| 5 | When Bill was setting up his first home , he used to attend auction sales , looking for reasonably priced furniture . |
| 6 | Yeah you 're talking about a dream , because er in my mind I can hear George now in a bar lounge I walked in , he was with two of his mates and we got talking , he said here 's my , this is m he used to say Chip then , you know , George did this is my young Chip he said he goes to work in the middle of the night . |
| 7 | No , he used to sleep walk . |
| 8 | Maybe Matthew would look at her with fresh eyes , realize that the innocent freckled little creature he used to take swimming ( or riding , or bicycling or something ) had suddenly grown into a beautiful woman . |
| 9 | He used to go north for the salmon every year , to the mainland , but she would stay here . |
| 10 | No , he 's miserable but he can ge , he used to go ra ra ra and make noises . |
| 11 | He used to teach English in a comprehensive school and he probably had a rough time of it . |
| 12 | Well there was er the one who had the most important influence in my school life was Albert Edward , do you remember the printers , he was a teacher and he used to teach standard four , that was your last standard in the junior , and he had a big influence on , on me because er he wanted me to go into the printing trade as an apprentice , but I , me leaving school at thirteen and going into full-time work straight away I could n't do , do that but oh there was er , , he was an officer during the war he was in the and there was oh our , our school teacher , we used to call , we used to call him his name was actually Arthur I think , but he was always , he was a little bit addicted to the lit little whisky bottle , he used to keep a little bottle in his desk and he 'd be having a nip of whisky , but he was what was approximated as a sports master now , he used to look after the football team , we used to call him , I suppose his name was Arthur but his name was . |
| 13 | He used to love yoghurt |
| 14 | he used to , he used to do bouncer there , yeah . |
| 15 | In fact , one chap , Jack Bruce the name was ( he used to do traffic duty on Scotland Road . |
| 16 | Apparently he used to know Ianthe and now he 's here with two old ladies , for his health . ’ |
| 17 | Er , and he he used to run he used to run food to er the in er in this in this boat , a fellow named Potato Jones , I do n't know why he was known as Potato Jones , |
| 18 | And I goes no he hated it , he used to get detention every day for not wearing his cap he hated it and he did n't do any work . |
| 19 | Initially he used to race Model A Fords before later joining the Chevrolet team , after which he went on to win Argentina 's top event , the Gran Premio Nacional . |
| 20 | The Mason 's voice rasped over their heads like the rip-saw he used to cut stone . |
| 21 | He used to practise heading , flicking the ball from wall to wall , as he sat there , a constipated schoolboy . |
| 22 | I remember occasionally , very occasionally , he used to play cricket with me on the lawn . |
| 23 | He used to play cricket for Queensborough |
| 24 | He used to play guitar and wear outlandish costumes in a punk band . |
| 25 | As a schoolboy he used to play head tennis with Ray Wilkins and Gordon McQueen at Manchester United , now he is finding his own way as a youngster at Barnsley |
| 26 | He used to play centre back in the youth cup winning juniors team . |
| 27 | He says he used to play sport before . |
| 28 | ‘ He used to play rugby but he does n't play now because he does n't like it anymore . |
| 29 | He used to play rugby , and according to the coach it shows . |
| 30 | He used to play baseball and he wears a white baseball cap that one day may become as famous as Pat Cash 's chequered headbands . |