Example sentences of "used get [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We used to get exactly the same rebate , the only thing is we have to wait three months for it . |
| 2 | Ghana cocoa farmers used to get just 7% of the price of their crop : the rest went to the cocoa marketing board or in taxes . |
| 3 | Yeah , but used to get away with it . |
| 4 | Mind you the shit I used to get away with at school , you know , just winding the teachers up and like generally taking the piss , I 'd always pay attention and I 'd always , always get good marks but somehow I think they seem to take pissing about slightly more seriously here . |
| 5 | Keith always had a reason , so we did n't mind that much , but both David and me used to get quite annoyed with Peter . |
| 6 | ‘ I know my father 's apprentices used to get quite good money but then I ca n't afford the proper rate . |
| 7 | They have them at St Ermin 's , of course , and I know Ossie Thames used to get quite a lot of office workers when he had them at St Luke 's . |
| 8 | The other one never used to , the other one used to get as far as Ken 's house and fail . |
| 9 | like , they were on you used to get about five bob a week . |
| 10 | Oh ah we used to get together and we used to discuss each other you know what we could take and what we could n't take . |
| 11 | She used to get tight regularly . |
| 12 | ‘ I used to get really tired . |
| 13 | ‘ I used to get really angry , but now I do n't give a shit . |
| 14 | I used to get really hooked on being in love ! |
| 15 | to another number , and that he , he used to get really stuck on ninety plus ten or ninety nine plus one . |
| 16 | it just felt like arthritis , it used to get really painful . |
| 17 | You chose very well , I used to get really nervous when I came to Chinese restaurants , I never knew what to choose . |
| 18 | black cotton against the sparrows I used to get really fed up with it ! |
| 19 | My erm , when I was little , I used to have this reoccuring dream , and it was really , really scary , and I just , I used to get really scared , I did n't want to go to sleep , in case I had this reoccuring dream , and what it was , was erm , I do n't know , I , I think I did n't like swimming when I was little , so that might , what sparked it off , and I could n't swim for ages |
| 20 | I used to get up about three , the fire , and things like this , and I used to get really bored . |
| 21 | and I used to get really angry with Alison shuffling around , but they do it even , I mean , they 've got to get their sofabed out every night , that sort of thing . |
| 22 | A lot of things were happening , sometimes I was having a good time , sometimes it was ghastly , and I used to get totally paranoid smoking dope . |
| 23 | I used to get ever so many sweets . |
| 24 | I used to get home absolutely exhausted from work and he was sitting there and he 'd say , " What 's for dinner then ? " |
| 25 | Er I used to get there at six o'clock in the morning . |
| 26 | I used to get very sentimental during my period with the Territorial Army about the exploits of the British Parachute Regiment , despite the fact that my sole contribution to their reputation had been made in Aldershot discos . |
| 27 | The women used to get very depressed and there were always debts . |
| 28 | I was having Rob and Jen at the same time , and I used to get very wrapped up in myself when I was pregnant , you know — just not interested in things like sisters-in-law . |
| 29 | I could n't walk until he was born , I had very high blood pressure and I used to get very bad swollen ankles . |
| 30 | Where I was stretching I used to itch all over and I used to get very upset . |