Example sentences of "she used [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh she used to live up there did she ? |
| 2 | She used to wake up in the morning they were red raw both of them ! |
| 3 | And it w not like today the supermarket , every corner shop had it 's own particular news of the world you know and my mother-in-law used to go down and she used to come up and tell me all these things about the things that were going on . |
| 4 | When I was young she used to come up to my mother 's for a cup o' tea ; and I liked talking to the old lady . |
| 5 | Willy used to come from school and she used to come up me mum 's house with a , so could have a suck of the tit he would 've come from school and you 'd expect him the night at me mam 's house |
| 6 | Do all our own meals yes , my mother she used to mix up , to say that we want er suet pudding and erm she had mixed up ready and put the cloth on top and all I got to do is just boil the water and just stick it in . |
| 7 | Oh , yes , well I mean I o obviously I When she worked She used to get up I 'll tell you another thing that she used to do . |
| 8 | She used to get up in the morning , every Tuesday and Friday and catch the half past seven bus , from to Nottingham and another bus down to Boulevard , to Miss 's , do a day 's skivvying and come back again , and then do her ironing and so forth , at night-time . |
| 9 | She used to vomit up her food and take laxatives . |
| 10 | He was always loyal and when we had a house maid who adored Basil and had little affection for his sisters and she used to stand up for him as hardly done by , he would have none of it , to my remembered satisfaction . |
| 11 | And she used to make up these stories and tell them to me . |