Example sentences of "used [to-vb] out [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I lived in southern France I used to sit out on the porch and watch the sun go down across the valley . |
| 2 | In the mornings I used to sit out in the warm sun of our terrace and read the travellers ' descriptions of the Delhi they knew from their visits at the very apex of the Mughal Empire . |
| 3 | I used to go out of the farmhouse at night , into the garden . |
| 4 | I used to go out with the London detectives , and these Cockney fellers down in London , they 'd take money off anyone . |
| 5 | Er they they did n't go out with the cart , just with a regular who used to go out with the with the horses and carts . |
| 6 | In days when guests used to go out on the hill with gillies if they were fishing a large loch , and caught undersized trout , they did n't put these small fish back ; instead , they put them in a bucket , taken along for the purpose , and carefully carried the little fish to an adjacent lochan . |
| 7 | Time was you used to go out to the pictures to see something new , to escape endless reruns of old TV shows . |
| 8 | Another time was about October , I do n't know what he was doing with them , but in October , middle of October , we used to go out to the beach and shoot erm Oh what do you call them now ? |
| 9 | I eh , we used to go out to the West Mersea a lot , during the summer , you know , when it , when I was at Colchester doing , mm , swimming , nice swimming and eh , . |
| 10 | If there was a moon she used to go out into the yard , and look at the moon , and prophesy what the world was going to be like tomorrow . |
| 11 | When we used to go out in the street , I would be on one side of the matron holding her arm , my sister on the other side doing the same . |
| 12 | You used to go out in the in the wash-house and wash yourselves , under the cold water tap . |
| 13 | They used to go out in the morning to these houses , then they 'd give a performance on the sands . |
| 14 | He used to go out in the air raids and watch the anti aircraft shells bursting in the sky because he said they looked like beautiful flowers . |
| 15 | ‘ As far as I was concerned he was just a big fella who used to come out of the shop and bellow at us for playing against the wall . |
| 16 | The girls used to come out with the barrows and the people with the shops used to complain . |
| 17 | Watford is erm when you used to come out on the old |
| 18 | Hornby loco we had those things you used to pull out of the cabs and they could go |
| 19 | He is said to sink onto his knee on the track and wait for the train to end his life ; the train crews used to look out for the shadowy figure and shudder . |
| 20 | Mm but who were the the people that used to help out with the dyking and ? |
| 21 | But you know you mentioned that people used to help out with the dogs . |
| 22 | I remember when he always used to read out during the service before the sermon the previous week 's collection and it used to consist of the collection last Sunday consisted of one pensioning note , twenty ha'penny half crown pieces , forty florins and he 'd go all through the coinage down to the last ha'penny but erm oh I believe he was , he was er very aristocratic , very aristocratic , but er Father , cos he used to come over our house quite a lot when my mother was on the parochial church council , and er he had a curate that was quite leftish and he got himself on the old Board of Guardians and of course he used to sort of er go into the Labour Club and was quite of er father , he said to old Father one night he said erm he 's a funny chap your curate he said well he , he 's the son of a farm labourer he says and I 'm the son of a country squire and that 's the difference . |
| 23 | In those days I used to hang out at the Giaconda Cafe in Denmark Street where all broke musicians hang out , and I remember his first single came out and he dragged me into the record store next door , Francis Day & Hunter , and he said , ‘ Have a listen to this ’ . |
| 24 | involve me I used to get out in the morning , get up in the morning and be down there at six , see how many ships and see how many what I want , so many dockers on each ship , sometimes they 'd want say six , sometimes eight . |
| 25 | I remember how the tar used to boil out of the tarmac and stick to the soles of our shoes , and from there to our socks and our legs . |