Example sentences of "[pers pn] used [to-vb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was a bairn I loathed and feared these dogs , and as my parents often liked to get rid of me I used to stay for short holidays with both uncles , and so I saw more of the dogs than I liked . |
| 2 | Previously she used to work for British Telecom in tele-marketing . |
| 3 | Cos she used to work for Green Leaves was it ? |
| 4 | beautiful , we used to go for some lovely walks did n't we ? |
| 5 | They used to sell for second homes but that market is very poor now , ’ says Nick Wood . |
| 6 | Yeah they 're all nice nice girls you know this is like the other week we was here playing the other team and one of the other team was swearing you know , and particularly you know the girls in , might have not they have the they used to play for Black Bear and you know the that lady that 's up there , she still swears and we stopped her from here used to f this , f that and f the other , we did , we stopped her said if you ca n't find a better word than that to use I should n't bother , you know As you know Shirl do n't like that . |
| 7 | And I unloaded at Mr Riggs on Norwich Hill ( he used to contract for all the horses with the post-office ; and we used to take hay there ) , and I pulled the load into his yard ; took the horses out , and put them into this load what my uncle — what they sent away . |