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 !
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