Example sentences of "used [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But erm towards about the sixth year , we used to plant about the average of fourteen , thirteen , fourteen , sixteen thousand , aye aye . |
| 2 | But the butchers shop was er a very well known shop , and er I remember very well we used to go into there er of course when things were re were really poor , you 'd go into the butchers shop in the middle of the week perhaps about Thursday and erm they used to sell they used to cook their own meats then of course you know , pressed beef and all that sort of thing and I remember this beautiful big white erm well it 'd be a ceramic dish affair on a stand , used to have a big piece of this pressed beef in it , cutting it off , and all the little bits used to fall round the side , well them come Thursday when only got a shilling in your pocket or your parents had got a couple of shillings left , you got to fetch two pennyworth of the bits of the pressed beef that had fallen round the pan , and that was a meal . |
| 3 | We used to feud about the oil-leaks which would drain down the side of the.little courtyard and get under and into my flower-pots . |
| 4 | I used to sit under the table and pretend not to hear . |
| 5 | and what have you come down for a meal and we used to sit with the landlord having a having a natter whilst having a few few drinks and er yeah he he used to say er when we went up what do you fancy tonight ? |
| 6 | I used to sit outside the job centre , then come home and say , " I have applied , but I had to send in an application form " , and I had n't even gone in there . |
| 7 | A London grandmother was particularly troublesome because of her drinking sprees , but her granddaughter was expected to clean her front doorsteps every Saturday : ‘ the old bugger used to sit at the window and watch me clean 'em . |
| 8 | There used to be a long table and the head used to sit at the end of this table and so to see that you did n't leave off working she used to get the table cloth and always be pulling this table straight . |
| 9 | And because I had only one chair , we used to sit on the edge of the hard , narrow bed and draw up the table so that we could write on it together . |
| 10 | I used to sit on the wall , spurring the brick and tossing the purse magnanimously to the dog below . |
| 11 | I used to sit on the floor crying but Brian always pulled me out of it . ’ |
| 12 | St Richards was fun and strict , with not enough to eat and high academic standards ; I developed a crush on the assistant matron who had a phenomenally large chest ; I liked her because she used to sit on the ends of our beds and talk to us before we went to sleep . |
| 13 | Somebody used to sit on the carpet at one end of the room with a walking stick and a chalk mark in front of him and the contestants used to have to come up to him and try to rub the marking out and he used to rap the hands with his walking stick . |
| 14 | no the blonde lad , the one who used to sit on the door , er |
| 15 | Well us used to sit around the table , give granny her bottle and a glass , then us 'd play a game of cards , see . |
| 16 | She remembers how ‘ in the evenings we used to sit by the fire and grandma 'd let me comb her hair . |
| 17 | We used to sit in the garden for hours going over her various plans to get married . |
| 18 | We used to sit in the evenings and watch the lights come on . ’ |
| 19 | Her husband only had one leg , and he used to sit in the corner all the time and wave his stick at you if he thought you were pinching anything . |
| 20 | ‘ He used to sit in the garden and go to sleep or drink hundreds of cups of tea . |
| 21 | When that was like this I used to sit in the bottom of the cart cos that were rough , very rough trip . |
| 22 | Yes it is nice it 's okay if you can do it in daylight , but artificial light is difficult and I used to sit in the car when Charlotte was asleep . |
| 23 | She was went to sleep in the car I used to sit in the car and do it cos the light was good out there . |
| 24 | The Nadder seemed to carry much more water that used to go under the bridge at a fair old pace . |
| 25 | The engagements used to go to the artists who brought them back the best presents from their tours abroad . |
| 26 | For the Opens he used to go to the course a week or so in advance and play on his own . |
| 27 | I used to go to the Botanical Gardens and sit in the sun , or wander round the aviaries admiring the birds of magnificent plumage . |
| 28 | ‘ At the beginning of the '60s I lived in Ealing , and used to go to the Ealing Jazz Club when guys like Cyril Davis were playing . |
| 29 | ‘ Every summer we used to go to the seaside in Croatia , and I built sandcastles with the other children . |
| 30 | ‘ I used to go to the printers in Kettering on press day and think up captions , sometimes six or seven for each photograph . |