Example sentences of "i used [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There were twenty five thousand , I , I would n't like to see twenty five thousand on that ground again , because I , I used to smoke at the time and we were packed that tight in the ground I could n't even get my hands down to my pockets to get a cigarette out , so the erm after the first few games they started to draw at home and then they seemed to lose the impetus and that they still held a good position in the league , but the following season Liverpool were in the second division at the time , and I , I went to that match and Walsall scored first through Colin and er , they went on to beat us six-one in the end . |
| 2 | I used to dive off the first board |
| 3 | And er Granddad was on maintenance , of course , and I used to have to take his meals , so I used to go past the er picket , along with many other people who were busy coal out of the pit tip . |
| 4 | I used to go to the Botanical Gardens and sit in the sun , or wander round the aviaries admiring the birds of magnificent plumage . |
| 5 | ‘ I used to go to the printers in Kettering on press day and think up captions , sometimes six or seven for each photograph . |
| 6 | And I used to go to the Methodist Chapel that was opposite the school , there . |
| 7 | After school , I used to go to the familiar places in the forest of my village . |
| 8 | Swimming club , I used to go to the swimming club . |
| 9 | And er when I went to school , Miss the old teacher , she used to take me out , er I used to go to the school ready to go to Deerness , we had to ask out a quarter of an hour early . |
| 10 | Well to jump on the bandwagon I used to go to the same school as Batts and although he 's a couple of years older than I am one of my friends sisters used to beat him up . |
| 11 | But I oh I used to go to the country dancing . |
| 12 | You see when Steve used to erm come down to Selby I mean there were , there were occasions when I used to go into the college with him and sit in on some of his interviews . |
| 13 | I used to go into the rolling mills and watch them rolling steel sheets and over about half an hour there , this was Saturday after Saturday after Saturday I used to do this . |
| 14 | But I might , I have n't bothered about the food so much , I thought cos once I mean I used to go behind the , and I thought I 'm having my sa lunch time and I 'm going to enjoy it and I am not going to sit in corners ! |
| 15 | I never used to go in the shops , I used to go in the banks . |
| 16 | And then when I got er old enough I used to go in the gang like the men , and er get the same and piece work we were working loading the ships . |
| 17 | When I was , I used to go in the slaughterhouse with him when I was about nine yeah . |
| 18 | See , my idea originally was that cos it comes back from when I used to go in the in the Blue Anchor in Lancaster after work I mean we had everybody in there ! |
| 19 | I used to go in the dark . |
| 20 | Then I used to go round the fucking I 'd say why did n't you waken me be |
| 21 | I , I used to roam around the building . |
| 22 | I used to sing in the mornings when we were first married . |
| 23 | And I used to see to the fruits . |
| 24 | I used to say to the wife : ‘ Look at this bloody lot . |
| 25 | Well I remember , so I used to talk to the nurses quite a lot when I walked Roxanna , my other German shepherd , in Wellington |
| 26 | I used to sit on the wall , spurring the brick and tossing the purse magnanimously to the dog below . |
| 27 | I used to sit on the floor crying but Brian always pulled me out of it . ’ |
| 28 | I used to sit outside the job centre , then come home and say , " I have applied , but I had to send in an application form " , and I had n't even gone in there . |
| 29 | I used to sit under the table and pretend not to hear . |
| 30 | When that was like this I used to sit in the bottom of the cart cos that were rough , very rough trip . |