Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] used to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps because I was hot-tempered at times , I became what used to be called a ‘ natural ’ as a boxer . |
| 2 | ‘ I mean they used to be taller . |
| 3 | But I mean it used to be every day |
| 4 | and I mean it used to be the fact , oh god well we 've got to sort of have dinner at twelve o'clock , we 've got to be round there by four . |
| 5 | stick tea bag in it now , cos I mean it used to be tea did n't it , all at one time ? |
| 6 | No , it 's it 's erm it 's somebody who , all they do is write your answers for you but dictated I m if you 've ever been an em especially I mean I used to be I usually end up doing the amanuensing for courses that I 've taught on students on my paper . |
| 7 | I mean you used to be able to go ah ! |
| 8 | I mean there used to be a tram , trams running along the Southchurch Road |
| 9 | I mean at that time say perhaps go in the pub the or the or the , I mean there used to be so many pubs round the er , the dock area then , I mean you take the , and erm then there used to be the erm there was all them pubs round the dock then , noth one or two more but I ca n't re oh the was another one . |
| 10 | With petit mal , the small fit , it used to called vaguely , you could talk to somebody and then go on nattering away and then suddenly the person would switch off and then just stare and then after a while they come back and talk to you and it 's , they pick up exactly where they 've left off , so as I say it used to be called day dreaming , now that 's the low end of the scale , now we go to the other end of the scale and remember please that there 's no set type for an epileptic , anybody , anywhere , any age at any time can have an epileptic fit , you do n't have to be that type , do n't . |
| 11 | When I came it used to be a very old building which belonged to British Legion club previously and er Sikhs bought from them . |
| 12 | I know she used to be like that with me |
| 13 | I remember I used to be a horror . ’ |
| 14 | I believe she used to be so reluctant about marrying people because marriage is important to her , she 's only been waiting for the right one . ’ |
| 15 | I thought there used to be a set of traffic lights in the middle and it 's gone . |
| 16 | Now er clay pipes , we used to dredge up and they got dredged up down opposite Pinmill , and they were a long pipe , but cos the , the stem a lot of them had been broken off and wh how they got down there nobody know , I think they used to be like in ballast with the ships , I think . |