Example sentences of "used [verb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er one of the daughters used to work at Lane , Ah , that 's it . |
| 2 | The toilet was er at the back of what we used to call the brew house it was n't a kitchen it was a brew house , and er the , the toilet was at the back of the brew house adjacent to the old ash pit , which was an ash pit in those days it was filled up and when it was filled , they used to come at night and empty the ash pit wheel up the entry it might be there for three or four months and you got flies , bluebottles all sorts in the hot weather you know , I could n't try my shoes on sometimes , but er it was a bit , well I suppose in those days they used to take it for granted , it was a bit primitive it was n't the best five houses in the area , but er |
| 3 | Oh yes , we used to meet at top of the yard . |
| 4 | It used to sail at midnight which was handy for connections when you stay there . |
| 5 | I used to know , I used to play at tennis with Bay , the daughter and er the eldest daughter she married another chemist and he ran the place afterwards I think , then there was Jack but er I , I used to know , I used to know quite a lot of the er people on the , who kept these shops . |
| 6 | used to play at youth club and |
| 7 | I used to look at birth books and that , otherwise I would n't have had a clue . |
| 8 | She could n't reach Kelpie from the nearest branch to him , but when she was as near as she could get she put out her hand and called softly to him , just as she used to do at home . |
| 9 | The girl who used to cry at criticism was now fireproof . |
| 10 | The way we used to fight at home ; our little victories . |
| 11 | I used to smoke at school , but I do n't smoke now , I 've not smoked since I left school ! |
| 12 | aha , see he used to smoke at work , cos he only comes round |
| 13 | No , he was n't on drugs before cos he used to live at Valley . |
| 14 | The word ‘ milkmaid ’ brings to my mind a picture implanted there perhaps by a song we used to sing at school : |
| 15 | Because we used to sing at school , School dinners , school dinner , concrete chips , concrete chips , soggy semolina , soggy semolina , I feel sick , toilet quick , it 's too late , I 've done it on my plate . |
| 16 | It 's a little brown bottle like the ones they used to have at school . |
| 17 | Emily thought ruefully of the sumptuous meals she used to eat at Summer Lodge , the tempting courses of meat and fish and then a carefully concocted pudding that melted in the mouth . |
| 18 | ‘ And you used to maintain at school that women should be as free as men . |
| 19 | It 's Bill and his missus , do you remember Bill who used to caretake at school ? |
| 20 | A common leave-taking , they used to say at school . |
| 21 | Somehow I managed to remember that it will shortly be your birthday , so Many Happies , as we used to say at school . |
| 22 | I used to wash at night , and get them all dry , get up in the night , iron them , and take them to the pawn shop . |