Example sentences of "used [to-vb] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We used to go once a month you know when the girls were in the Guides , used to go for their parade service and if you were at Auckley , Malcolm and I used to go up with Heidi did n't I ? |
| 2 | Very , very high gear on it , we used to go out a couple of us |
| 3 | They said well er I thought perhaps he was away preaching , she says oh no they do n't want any of m our people used to go out a lot preaching , but they do n't want any of them now because it 's too deep for them |
| 4 | Originally when I first went there I used to go twice a week . |
| 5 | Asked why the interest in Elvis , Walken said that a girl he had a crush on in school used to carry round a picture of her boyfriend , and this was used as an excuse for why Walken could n't take her to his high school prom . |
| 6 | Where it is feasible to let students take it over , the camera is simply a tool used to carry out a task which students find engrossing , exciting and therefore highly motivating . |
| 7 | The passage and the cavern were formed where a stream of water used to flow along a bedding plane between layers of limestone . |
| 8 | Although I did go and watch the rugby , I never was a great one for , and I , I used to swim quite a lot . |
| 9 | We used to work down a row of bricks or tiles . |
| 10 | You used to come once a week for dinner |
| 11 | I called him Peter , after his father , who used to tour around a bit and always came to see me when he was on his travels . |
| 12 | I used to know , I used to play at tennis with Bay , the daughter and er the eldest daughter she married another chemist and he ran the place afterwards I think , then there was Jack but er I , I used to know , I used to know quite a lot of the er people on the , who kept these shops . |
| 13 | If you happen to be serving , but I used to serve quite a lot myself . |
| 14 | We used to grow quite a bit of stuff on the land and er we lived . |
| 15 | ‘ I used to play quite a lot of football , ’ he explains , ‘ but all I was really good at was knocking the opposition over as a last-ditch defence . ’ |
| 16 | Well , as you know , when I was a novice I used to do quite a lot of teaching , because the nuns were short-handed , and it was useful practice . |
| 17 | in exchange and they used to do quite a trade in , cos a lot of them were quite skilled at making toys . |
| 18 | ‘ We used to lie around a swimming pool in Peking chatting like the best of friends , ’ he later recalled , ‘ But it was all too sickeningly sweet … |
| 19 | Then came the period when I used to hang out a lot just with DeFries and we 'd drive down to David and Angie 's place in Beckenham , Haddon Hall , on Sundays , and Angie would cook and we 'd sit around . |
| 20 | They have them at St Ermin 's , of course , and I know Ossie Thames used to get quite a lot of office workers when he had them at St Luke 's . |
| 21 | I used to have quite a complex about being beaten , but I met Liz after I 'd been beaten hollow all year and she still married me . ’ |
| 22 | So w did you used to have quite a lot of customers who came up from th from there |
| 23 | And used to happen twice a year and erm sometimes somebody 'd remember my birthday or find that I had my birthday or and at Christmas time we used to get some money . |
| 24 | Rosemary , playing safe , refused to go out with him unless I came too so in the end we used to make up a foursome with Henry 's pilot , Jimmy , and with me sticking to my policy of not getting involved . |
| 25 | Oh ours was like that , you know , I used to feel quite a shame |
| 26 | They used to travel around a lot , handing out leaflets and things . |