Example sentences of "and [noun sg] used [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
| 2 | It is believed to have involved flammable material , protective sheeting and scaffolding used to cover the tank , which was not in use , while building was going on . |
| 3 | I would get a stocking with a few bits of things in when I was young and Grandma used to make a big cake with white icing , but that would be when Daddy was alive . |
| 4 | And father used to dig the graves . |
| 5 | Table IV shows the adjustment factors for age and sex used to derive the Newcastle prescribing index . |
| 6 | Women and children are bearing the brunt of the continuing terror and repression used to keep the Saddam Husain dictatorship in power . |
| 7 | Mum and dad used to play a lot of bridge |
| 8 | The price , to a cheetah , of growing larger leg muscles is all the other things that the cheetah could have done with the materials and energy used to make the leg muscles , for instance make more milk for cubs . |