Example sentences of "used to [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And how they used to They used to put them on like a You know what these two-wheeled barrows like they put the sacks on , do n't you ? |
| 2 | He did n't have much finesse to do the things but erm and I think he used to sh he although I I got on all right with him , but some of the people working on the floor like the wardrobe people and that he used to they used to dislike him because he was but I would but you do find s I think perhaps he was a bit unsure of himself because I do n't think he was somebody who 'd had a had a tremendous education , otherwise he probably would n't have gone in on the on the construction side which was being a chippy or something at Shepherds Bush and so you know you often find people like that they have a bit of a chip on their shoulders do n't they you know , you know . |
| 3 | And er birds we used to we used to we used to father used to caught pheasants occasionally . |
| 4 | So I er we used to catch these blackbirds and them in a and pull the string and they used er try and catch them and we used to we used to kill them and and pluck them |
| 5 | W oh we used to we used to go out gather firewood and we used |
| 6 | The fox we used to we used to dig down there and come to the vixen . |
| 7 | You know scatter run and tic one another you know , and and then you used to we used to play er diabolo what you used to call them have you ever seen them . |
| 8 | It 's a bit like a boxer dog because Derek 's sis sister had a boxer dog and he used to we used to walk along country lanes and then he 'd pi , he used to see something he used to go straight through the hedge ! |
| 9 | well the horse shoes you see , we used to we used to weld one and a half old horse shoes together in the fire to make one new one again . |
| 10 | I used to I used to love being by the counter . |
| 11 | Oh no , I used to I used to go home occasionally like you know . |
| 12 | I thought I used to I used to say to her sometimes I 'll have to go off story . |
| 13 | I used to I used to pay fifteen quid for the years ago to rent the set |
| 14 | Go there sometimes about four o'clock give them a feed out and then we used to I used to stay there in a small shelter there . |
| 15 | Oh yes I used to I used to play a lot when I left the the the these places you know . |
| 16 | There is erm a chap down our road had a had a huge dog and when he when he took it for a walk , you know he used to he used to stagger along with him and my wife used to say there he goes again , the do what was it she used to say , the dog 's taking the man for a walk again and it i do you think it 's that sort of idea you know that in some households th the dog takes over from the er sort of central figure , even the dominant figure , things hinge round the dog , you know the holiday what shall we do with the dog , pouring down with rain but the dog has to go out for its walk and somebody has to take it . |
| 17 | And what he used to do in this , he had a string in the and er he could the string put some some er crumbs in the in the er in a and the birds go in and he used to he used to catch them and we used to kill them and pluck them you know . |
| 18 | when it was when I had that little Renault Five because erm , she used to she used to get under the bonnet did n't she ? |