Example sentences of "used to go [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Oh well I b , it were , we all had to be in the union anyway and so we used to er we used to go to the meetings a a a you know as youngsters and then when we came back from the Army we 'd got to the union meeting as well . |
2 | The engagements used to go to the artists who brought them back the best presents from their tours abroad . |
3 | What used to go to the matches when you were a lad ? |
4 | And they used to go and er th odd ones er and they used to go to the houses in the street , there were a chap er down th er that street opposite the er er the every morning . |
5 | ‘ I used to go to the printers in Kettering on press day and think up captions , sometimes six or seven for each photograph . |
6 | They used to walk the twelve miles Stowmarket to Ipswich , they used to go to the police station after five o'clock , and they used to get a ticket , which they used to take up to the casual ward . |
7 | We used to work there from half past twelve till five o'clock at night , taking the bucket out and put another bucket in because the buckets what they used to call the bushes what were connected to the links they used to wear and we used to have to take them , one of them out and used to have a big chain go right the way round and bring the , bring the buckets backwards and they used to loosen up all the , all the pins what used to go through the buckets in the , in the links , so we took them out and then they used to go up to the dock and br they put new bushes in . |
8 | So er we used to go through the motions and er after about er three weeks I think it was , no , yeah , two or three weeks anyway . |
9 | we used to go on the commons |
10 | You used to go in the fields and turn it and when it had been turned they used to start leading . |
11 | I never used to go in the shops , I used to go in the banks . |
12 | I never used to go in the shops , I used to go in the banks . |
13 | ‘ We used to go round the farms to collect the harness-work and bring back sets of harness for repair . |
14 | His father was a Seventh Day Adventist and used to go round the streets carrying a placard with ‘ Prepare to meet thy God ’ on one side and ‘ Sin is Death ’ on the other . ’ |