Example sentences of "and you used have " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the day there was a factory and you used to have to make boxes , or if you were a cleaner you used to have to scrub the landings and everything , or there was a farm and you could work there — but you used to have to be really trusted to work on that . |
| 2 | And you used to have to fetch your water from the pump 's head , just round the corner , outside toilets , we used to have to go about fifty yards to use the toilet . |
| 3 | Then in back end they used to empty this crew yard and you used to have to handle all that with forks , muck forks , they used to call them , and that was big biggest fork and by God , they used to pull your heart out . |
| 4 | Cos there 's a way of putting hay on the cart and you used to have to start one lot in the corner , one lot in the other corner , another lot at the back , another lot at the back at the other side and then you 'd fill in your centre . |
| 5 | And it was a little square thing , about two foot square , with a er and about eight inches deep , tt and you used to put the clothes in , with warm water and your your powder , close the top and you used to have a handle , and Like that there , and you used to be backwards and forwards , like that , , with this paddle going backwards and forwards inside it . |
| 6 | And you 'd put handkerchiefs and collars and that , and you used to have to starch the collars in those days . |
| 7 | And you used to have that , that was your breakfast . |
| 8 | And you used to have a little ticket , with the days on , and they used to punch it with the old , you remember the old punching machines , do n't you ? |
| 9 | And the hot water system was a little boiler at the side of the fire as well and you used to have a ladle and take it out of the out of the er out of the boiler on the side . |
| 10 | And you used to have what they call a wick in it you know to light it and turn it down at night time and blow it out down the . |
| 11 | Then thes they used a pole this er and you used to have to behind stripping all these off lace off the pins while these here ladies was folding this er net up . |
| 12 | And we used to have what they call er a stick and goos it used to I remember we used to have sti what you call stick and goos It was like a great long thing like that and you used to have a stick and it used to be on the floor and you just tap it and and hit it like that and it goes |
| 13 | We used to have to use a generator for our electricity and that used to go off at ten o'clock at night so if there was an operation that needed doing , there were two car batteries that were turned on and you used to have to do it by those . |
| 14 | than that dear it 's down the other end , the other side of Old Harlow , but he used to have a surgery there which he , you know , made it better after the erm , to ease up Dr surgery cos that was so packed and the shops were absolutely and you used to have to queue and queue for , to get your shopping , you could n't , I used to cycle into Harlow and leave my cycle somewhere and then go along do my shopping , but it used to be two or three hours ' job it was , you did n't get done till dinner time and then I used to call it a , a lady used to say call there that used to have the fried fish and chip shop on the corner of erm Harlow and I used to go there and have a cup of tea before I came home because I used to be so long shopping you could n't get served you see , it 's too many people , there was nowhere else for them to go , it was only Bishop 's Stortford you had to go |
| 15 | The till , the till locks , and erm we used to assemble those as well and er it was a fortunate one who used to do the lacquering , there was a big er big erm heated table and er it was easy work to do the lacquering you see and you used to have to put them on the top of the heated tower to dry before they were packed to go away , but erm they were , it was a hard place to work for but er the one son Mr he was always in London and er this is n't being recorded now is it , is it ? |
| 16 | well we had in the bank , we had calor gas lamps and when the power cut came we had to have the calor gas lamps on , and er , at night you 'd get home and you knew what area was going off at what time and you used to have to rush round , I remember once , it was going off about six and it went off early , it went off about five instead , and I 'd started cooking the tea , luckily got a gas cooker and this was at Abbott Road , it started |
| 17 | And you used to have your toast |