Example sentences of "used to do a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Famous courtesans used to do a roaring trade in handkerchiefs scented with their secretions . |
| 2 | And it used to be , it killed off a good part of our business this year , we used to do a roaring trade in back-dated diaries with accountancy lawyers , and it 's all gone . |
| 3 | I just think I just think it 's quite important for us all to realize I did a , when I used to do a similar job to this it took me a long time before I realized that the customer , you know on the phone does n't know that your you should n't have asked an open question there |
| 4 | I think that generally they came in because they liked the style erm they , they , usually had er , in their minds what they wanted and because they go round and see all these fittings at night , I mean our shop used to be all the fittings were lit up at night so that you could have a look in , erm it 's very confusing I think when you , you 've got an awful lot of fittings in , in , in a shop and , and all of them lit , decide which one 's gon na to be the best for your house , but I think most of them already had ideas what , what sort of fitting they wanted and of course we used to do a great deal of |
| 5 | Da tells me they used to do a decent lunch at the chop-house by Holborn Viaduct . ’ |
| 6 | So that was a contrast from the people near the hospital where I was and , what happened was , we used to do a little service and then anybody that wanted to be seen used to come along and we needed an interpreter and it was a bit like a surgery really , and they would come with any problems , and anyone who was severely ill we would then take back in the Landrover back to the hospital . |
| 7 | the vicar used to come and sit at the back and , you know , they used to do a little turn , you know play in the bands |
| 8 | The reason some of them failed to go to the causal ward is because they used to do a little bit of begging , and if they 'd got enough money they would perhaps pay to go into a common lodging house . |