Example sentences of "[pron] used to [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to even give up my lunch hours so that I could come home and take the dog out ! |
| 2 | Oh , I used to fucking wait on him . |
| 3 | I had friends there but I used to just start crying before I was due to go . ’ |
| 4 | I used to just sit and cry . |
| 5 | So I 've got all ready , for me AIDS cos I used to just think oh I do n't really , I could just go and get some leaflets on ban on |
| 6 | Well , I used to just stay in my house all night and lock myself in my room and think . |
| 7 | All it needed was a bit of tumbleweed to make it seem more deserted than it really was and I used to just fight against that dissatisfaction . |
| 8 | ‘ I used to just swot up on learning the key words and churning them out computer fashion , but now I am more interested in what they mean . |
| 9 | I used to just let him get away with it . |
| 10 | And my instructions were that I I used to either let them have two thirds of that or a half , you see ? |
| 11 | Erm , that may or may not have been deliberate , but it 's very important , particularly within a group , erm of people in negotiation , who were clear about roles , and when I was out on the road , I used to occasionally take the out , and I 'd go and see my broker and erm , I 'd say , oh we love to do fish and chip shops , we love insuring fish and chip shops . |
| 12 | If I got one what was a bit tricky I used to perhaps tie him to the gate , but they got used to it . |
| 13 | And I have n't had these dreams in a long time , and I used to never do anything like that . |
| 14 | I used to really go down there and all I did was sort of tick off what the lads had already done . |
| 15 | Yeah I did , I used to really hate them . |
| 16 | I used to always load anti sys but I , then I found out there 's nothing I ever I really needed it , so I took it out ! |
| 17 | Certainly with the roses I use them as a love symbol , I used to always use dead and dried roses but now I 've started to use live ones . |
| 18 | Well what I used to always say it was pretty steady all the year round . |
| 19 | But I used to quite enjoy the erm the , the shows , the s the song and dance routines , they were funny . |
| 20 | Be , I used to bloody give them not-out by the umpire . |
| 21 | Apparently like all numbers I used to only use B three and A one |
| 22 | ‘ But I used to actually paint myself black and wear an Afro wig ! |
| 23 | But I used to actually paint myself black and wear an Afro wig ! |
| 24 | The Agen loose-head , who has never had a reputation for being a hothead , is refereeing junior and children 's games unaware that an old regulation of the French Federation — which used to automatically reduce the length of his ban if a player could show repentance by taking up refereeing — is no longer valid . |
| 25 | I remember the fella I used to go with , his grandma Cissy she , she used to fucking get the dog a cup , it was his cup like , to drink his tea . |
| 26 | She used to regularly get tickets for Hancock 's Half Hour radio shows simply for the chance to see Ken at work — ‘ Men used to fight to escort me to the broadcasts . ’ |
| 27 | She used to generally get home about , she used to go right to you see , and get home about seven o'clock at night . |
| 28 | Since she 's gone there 's been a gap … it made my life better , because — she had a garden I could use … and it was like a job — I felt I was led to do that job … and she used to be so pleased to see me , she used to almost embrace me with tears in her eyes . |
| 29 | As we grew up she used to sometimes go a see an aunt of ours . |
| 30 | She used to sometimes go on the round with her nose plugged , yeah . |