Example sentences of "he used [verb] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he first started out , he used to wear a pair of very baggy , red striped pyjamas ! |
| 2 | ‘ My father was an atheist , yet he used to mark a cross on the top of bread before cutting it . |
| 3 | He claimed he used to hold a tie round Murray 's arm as he injected himself . |
| 4 | They used to call him ‘ Stan the Man ’ at Hartsbourne where he used to do a bit of spare-time caddying . |
| 5 | He used to do a show for me sometimes . |
| 6 | But he was reserved , and he used to do a lot of thinking , especially on the golf course where he used to keep himself to himself . |
| 7 | He used to recount a parable of a clean spring and a stagnant pond . |
| 8 | Course he , he used to know a lot of them round there , because there was more houses at the top of than there is now and all round there you know . |
| 9 | The only people what did have a motor in that , at that particular time was the harbourmaster of Pinn Mill cos they always used to call er er er one bloke down there who used to moor the ships up at Bottoman 's Bay and er th th th he used to get a retainer from the Ipswich Dock Commission and all he w all he had to do was make sure that was clear of , for shipping , if there was a yacht in the way he 'd go and tell them to move and he was what the we used to call him Pinn Mill Harbourmaster . |
| 10 | He used to stay a lot with the Broughs at Balnamenoch that was further down the glen . |
| 11 | Half a crown And you used to come away with a big piece of flat brisket and if he 's got any sausage left , or bits a of pork pies , he used to shove a bit of that in . |
| 12 | He come up the hospital , I was up in intensive care unit and me dad came round about half past ten at night and in he walked , he came straight down from Filey to see him , cos he used to think a lot of dad you see and dad did him years ago , he used to say he was more of a son than me own but then he brought her to the funeral , they would n't speak to me , would n't entertain me at all , I nearly fainted when I saw little one , she 's tall and thin |
| 13 | Well Tony , was who manager at the associated now , er he was very a very popular player , he was a goal scorer on one occasion , they played an away match at Swindon and he scored a goal and the goalkeeper got sent off a John so Tony went in goal and he saved a penalty later in the match , but he was a very popular player he was a a good goal scorer then there was Colin he , he had one of the hardest shots in the league you know , I 've , I 've seen the goalkeeper shrug his shoulders at , at defenders and say well how do you stop those , they used to call him Cannonball at one time , and er there was Tommy he had his collarbone broken and he never played again after , but he was a great centre forward he used to make a lot of space for the other forwards you know . |
| 14 | He used to make a lot of carts . |
| 15 | He used to have a go at driving his father 's Austin Seven around the farm at an early age , and later he became seriously interested in motor racing — not least because Mike Hawthorn winning the Leinster Trophy in 1951 had made a deep impression . |
| 16 | He used to have a bottle of whisky a week but he do n't have any now he ai n't had it for a long time has he ? |
| 17 | He used to have a wrap of his own and he 'd give it to me when he went out . |