Example sentences of "used [to-vb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We used to sit in the garden for hours going over her various plans to get married . |
| 2 | We used to sit in the evenings and watch the lights come on . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ He used to sit in the garden and go to sleep or drink hundreds of cups of tea . |
| 5 | When that was like this I used to sit in the bottom of the cart cos that were rough , very rough trip . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When we used to go in the truck , Claypole Ridge was 15 miles , though it looks closer , and the smoke was coming from behind that . |
| 9 | I never used to go in the shops , I used to go in the banks . |
| 10 | I never used to go in the shops , I used to go in the banks . |
| 11 | You used to go in the fields and turn it and when it had been turned they used to start leading . |
| 12 | Erm we did get a woman later on I think in this little cash desk where the money used to go in the machine you know and er , but you 'd go in and you would have , it used to intrigue me that er you 'd go in and the , the dairy goods was all one side and you , you would , you would , my brother and I would have our lists and it was , we were petrified that we case we made a mistake you know . |
| 13 | Well we used to go in the dinner hour , from Road School . |
| 14 | Some did , some had them full and some did n't and er there was a toilet and a a toilet and a coal house across the yard and then we used to go in the back door and there was a tiny little kitchen . |
| 15 | Because another one was er we come down the houses in here , empty houses and in , in the summer they used to grow flowers , Marguerites , and we used to go in the backyard , we were n't supposed to , er and cut these flowers and make them into bunches and , and sell them for tuppence and thruppence a bunch . |
| 16 | And my father s he er he used to go in the Plum Tree and one of the landlords there he 'd say er , Tom lend us a quid . |
| 17 | And then when I got er old enough I used to go in the gang like the men , and er get the same and piece work we were working loading the ships . |
| 18 | When I was , I used to go in the slaughterhouse with him when I was about nine yeah . |
| 19 | See , my idea originally was that cos it comes back from when I used to go in the in the Blue Anchor in Lancaster after work I mean we had everybody in there ! |
| 20 | I used to go in the dark . |
| 21 | Among their feudal ancestors however the long time during which estates used to continue in the same family sufficiently demonstrated the general disposition of people to live within their income . |
| 22 | I mean , how , how did they used to compare in the two , there was all these different factories , |
| 23 | Kate used to wait in the hallway , sitting patiently on the stairs , listening for her father 's boots to clump up the tiny pathway . |
| 24 | Oh they used to be ever so funny houses you know and in them days and The er you never used to see in the oh a lot of houses and you never used to see big windows like these . |
| 25 | It had yellow hair and it used to swim in the sea when we chucked sticks for it . |
| 26 | ‘ We used to swim in the river as a way of washing , but there is a small black fly there which can carry a parasite , a burrowing worm which can lie dormant in your body for up to two years , preparing to release thousands of offspring . |
| 27 | ‘ Mark used to work in the newspaper industry , but he got kicked out when they brought in all the new technology you hear about . |
| 28 | The English boy used to work in the hospital for a day at a time , and then be off for several days . |
| 29 | For instance , Nam Tran , who presents the Saturday television programme , used to work in the American embassy ; her husband was a pilot in the Vietnamese air force . |
| 30 | When I was a postulant , or aspirant young novice , I used to work in the laundry . |