Example sentences of "they used to come [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sixty miles they used to come over for a good evening at those and maybe two principles |
| 2 | They used to come over for the spud-picking and go to Ormskirk and live in a bothy and would come to Scotland Place because there were so many wakes . |
| 3 | They used to come up with the dredging spoil |
| 4 | And they used to come up to the maintenance workshop |
| 5 | Oh yes we use cos when you 're dredging , you see when the eels came in the mud , eels always go in the mud in the winter time , you do n't , many eels swirl out , they go in the mud and when you 're dredging and they 're going into the hopper , cos they used to get stunned and they used to swim round right down the top of the water and they used to come up to the side , and if they come up to the side you could have your knife and just come here , cos they were stunned , pick 'em out . |
| 6 | And then we used to and they used to come along with the old cart and start leading . |
| 7 | They used to come down from the North-German , Swiss , English , American . |