Example sentences of "used [to-vb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | now I am retired and er yes last year I was feeling a bit decrepit , you know I used to go for a full wal walk round after lunch , after dinner , around where she lives and it 's much harder now . |
| 2 | I used to work for a certain er c er creamery there . |
| 3 | I used to work for a young lady who loved roses , you see , and she had a lot in her garden . |
| 4 | I love the story told to me by a make-up girl who used to work for a well-known London hairdresser . |
| 5 | True , they would have had a stronger showing had not their former prime minister , Lothar de Maizière , stepped down before the election amid charges ( which he denies , and which an inquiry looks set to discuss ) that he used to work for the former East German secret police . |
| 6 | The Soviet Union used to account for a substantial slice of the factory 's exports . |