Example sentences of "used [adv] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | People used always to be saying that about her . |
| 2 | He now grinned ; then looked from Elaine to Charles and said , ‘ You know , you two used always to be sitting like this whenever you got the chance . |
| 3 | Shooting a known man-eater used always to be done by attracting it to fresh meat , until it was discovered that a ripe durian is a much stronger lure . |
| 4 | I thought it would be enough to call on her loyalty , it used always to be enough . |
| 5 | House procedures used once to be compared by class-conscious critics to a public school debating chamber ; these days it was more like break-time in a comprehensive . |
| 6 | Our system used indeed to be described as ‘ a national system , locally administered ’ . |