Example sentences of "used [verb] the whole " in BNC.

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1 She used to scoff the whole plate when she came round .
2 ( Rhoda used to soak the whole cloth in bourbon . )
3 Er I , I was a messenger for a time for the er , we lived in Lane and I was a messenger for a time with the erm A R P headquarters in Drive , now when my uncle got married and he had two children and I 'd , they were issuing gas masks and I had to go down and fetch a gas mask for his daughter and they were great big ones that used to envelope the whole babies with a bellows on the side that the mothers used to have to pump when they were in them , thank goodness we never had to use them and erm
4 The sun took its toll in August when I went to Britford Sheep Fair with my Uncle Arthur , a civil servant who used to have the whole month for holiday and returned home to learn that Ron Stanley , a schoolmate who lived in The Friary , had died from sunstroke .
5 In the summer-time we used to have the whole rib of beef , cold with salad every Sunday ; our joint was that .
6 At one time I had this scrubbing brush and I used to spend the whole day scrubbing and I used to have a big pan and I used to boil my clothes up in it — it drove me round the bend …
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