Example sentences of "used to bring the [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 and we used to bring the calf up .
2 Er well I was in the time office in the first place , the men used to er cl check in , they used to bring the checks you see ? brass checks , numbered .
3 My mother used to do the washing for the Americans , and er we had a photographer friend of ours that used to bring the washing-up to the house , which the story is in the book .
4 And then he used to bring the knife , there was a knife going like that , a big knife , One about four foot .
5 Er where the used to bring the slates down from
6 When visitors arrived at my house , I used to bring the coaches and horses inside , and put them carefully on my table .
7 The drovers used to bring the cattle through , they would walk from Wolverhampton through
8 ‘ There was an old man — his wife used to take in washing ( laundry they call it now ) ; and he used to bring the washing home to his wife and take it out again .
9 Archie , my eldest boy who lived at Belton , used to bring the groceries down to the cart-shod at the other side of the river .
  Next page