Example sentences of "[pron] used [to-vb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were twenty five thousand , I , I would n't like to see twenty five thousand on that ground again , because I , I used to smoke at the time and we were packed that tight in the ground I could n't even get my hands down to my pockets to get a cigarette out , so the erm after the first few games they started to draw at home and then they seemed to lose the impetus and that they still held a good position in the league , but the following season Liverpool were in the second division at the time , and I , I went to that match and Walsall scored first through Colin and er , they went on to beat us six-one in the end . |
| 2 | Mm No that 's er making me jolly cross , not like myself I do n't do anything like , not as much as I used to do at the hall , I mean I used to do a lot as you know , but I , I know how much you have done , but nobody else knows |
| 3 | Asking for the bloke who used to live at the house . |
| 4 | And we realized on reflection , had Freda have not volunteered early enough , another lady who used to work at the station played , u plays for Nigel when he does his gigs . |
| 5 | There is a certain Asian anaesthetist who used to work at the City Hospital Maternity Unit . |
| 6 | Georgia was looking at the bracelet the same way she used to look at the hill when she was five , she was in awe of it , it might be too strong for her . |
| 7 | Yeah , well she used to work at the station in the offices . |
| 8 | what we used to do at the gym ? |
| 9 | We had to pick the bind out by hand , er the coal was all er sorted on the screens and er er a u u us lads , we used to stand at the side of the belts that were travelling round and tipping the coal into the wagons down below you see ? |
| 10 | bottle and erm they used to queue at the table that for the |
| 11 | ‘ The night is his hour , that 's what they used to say at the fairground . |
| 12 | That was the main , but not the only cause of the subsequent riot , when the bonnie lieges , not a few ‘ in drink ’ as they used to say at the magistrate 's court , toppled the case over with the luckless , as well as legless leprechaun still inside . |
| 13 | Now after the er there was a incident at erm the er engine shed , er the stabling of the locomotive was transferred away , erm and it used to travel at the end of the day over to the er or , or er engine shed , where it er stayed for the stayed for the night . |
| 14 | And we used to get very worked up about it , and then we went down to fetch our wages , and the older ones were always going to complain , but this erm tt er son of the people , he used to look at the factory clock opposite , and it would be half past three , and he 'd said , Right , I 'll pay you till three o'clock , and we 'll make it right next week . |