Example sentences of "used [to-vb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | At that time the electors for the County of Middlesex used to gather at Brentford for elections and , in 1768 , John Wilkes was elected as their member of Parliament . |
2 | He , I I used to hi to him , like he used to work at Wembley as well and I used to go , obviously we were walking , coming out of the place like , and I 'd say I 'd go , hi there ! |
3 | And er one of the daughters used to work at Lane , Ah , that 's it . |
4 | His son , also Leonard , of Crud-y-Gwynt , Mynydd Isa , near Mold , used to work at BAe as an electrician , although he has now moved to Vauxhall . |
5 | He used to work at Higgins . |
6 | Deborah works there erm , she used to work at Debbie 's shop , summat |
7 | She used to work at Marks |
8 | I met her from , she used to work at Kirshaws . |
9 | Cartoonist Christine O'Leary , who used to work at Barkers Trident and is now freelance , gets to work on other pages with graphics and illustrations . |
10 | 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 |
11 | One of her few friends in the movement , whom she used to meet at Lockharts in the Strand for a poached egg once a week , had come down from a mill town in Lancashire in 1916 with nothing but two brown paper parcels . |
12 | Oh yes , we used to meet at top of the yard . |
13 | Mitchell appeared on the scene shortly before the arrival of Norman Bowler , a friend of Ricky Stride and one of the young men who used to meet at Runnymede on Sundays to exercise , camp or swim . |
14 | Someone we used to know at Plumford . ’ |
15 | It used to sail at midnight which was handy for connections when you stay there . |
16 | We just used to play at weekends and he 'd drive down from Manchester ! |
17 | 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 . |
18 | used to play at youth club and |
19 | I used to look at birth books and that , otherwise I would n't have had a clue . |
20 | I used to look at things and think how bonny some of the wild flowers were what nice colours — but I was never aware of their variety or rarity . |
21 | I mean look at myself , my father was a doctor , his father was a schoolteacher , so the way one used to look at things , that immediately when I was born put me in the middle class erm bracket . |
22 | I used to help at weekends and during school holidays . |
23 | she used to do at doctors or summat |
24 | 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 . |
25 | The girl who used to cry at criticism was now fireproof . |
26 | I used to land at Migombo property er Matmalamo originally and then they changed it over and we used to land at Migombo But it was a funny spread ! |
27 | I used to land at Migombo property er Matmalamo originally and then they changed it over and we used to land at Migombo But it was a funny spread ! |
28 | The way we used to fight at home ; our little victories . |
29 | She 'd been to visit her estranged husband at the house the couple used to share at Hardwicke . |
30 | I used to smoke at school , but I do n't smoke now , I 've not smoked since I left school ! |