Example sentences of "they used [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then we had to wait while they poured them in the moulds , but if the moulds failed , and they were rather big , they was full of air-holes and they used to turn it all into a fine just l l pebbles of molten metal , straight back up at you , and you could n't move cos if you moved your crane then somebody would have been killed with out the ladles . |
| 2 | This or someone else 's sister would be they used to give you this to make your . |
| 3 | and I think the lads they used to get them some chocolates or something , she says oh more chocolates I 've got loads of them |
| 4 | My step brother , Tommy , do you know the original well Mr was a sales rep for Bokes couriers , and er his wife used to make pickles , homemade , and she us Mr used to give his friends a jar of pickles occasionally and er from that the idea of selling them , cos it ou after they 'd started distributing amongst his friends he got the idea that there was a market for it , so my step-brother Tommy er started to work with Mrs we used to call them Mrs but her name was , Street you know where Street is , well on the left hand side of Street about oh at the back of the first row of houses in Street , there was a , a small open space and Mr had a big shed put there , and er started buying the pickling onions and er all the women who wished to started skinning onions at so much a bag for Mr and er he 'd gradually built himself up but me step- brother Tommy was er working full time helping Mrs to pick the onions and , and that , that 's how Mac 's Pickles started was just from a mere fact of him being a commercial traveller and he 'd di distribute them to his friends and created the , a market for himself really ac actually they , they , they did have a van driver and a van , a van to deliver them as they gradually increased the supply and they used to deliver them all , all around the area . |
| 5 | Some pink pills or something but there was all sorts you know hat they used to say put your feet in hot in water , mustard and er fall down the stairs or go on a bus , they used to tell you all sorts of things you know to , and er anyway that 's what happened to me . |
| 6 | And they used to stack them all in the cellar . |
| 7 | and they used to buy it all off him for studding |