Example sentences of "he used [verb] a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr used to open up his dragons and start his steam engine and driving the organ , and he used to give an organ recital every wakes ' Sunday night for the cot fund . |
| 2 | He used to wear a Halloween mask to hide his birthmark when he played with his wee friends . |
| 3 | He went to er College , and he used to wear a mortar board , cos that 's the tassel hanging down , and this here thing . |
| 4 | In order to keep the boys separate from the girls he used to draw a chalk line down the middle of our meeting room , and when we got carried away and crossed the line he would burst into a ferocious rage , pick up anything that was to hand — usually a book — and throw it at the offender , who had to duck fast in order not to be hit . |
| 5 | Local man Paul McAllister heard the screams and raced to the scene with a ladder which he used to reach a bedroom window . |
| 6 | He used to run a flower shop called Europlants Limited , at Hinders Yard , off Ermine Street . |
| 7 | Until his mother died he used to pay a routine Wednesday visit but , of course , that 's stopped now . ’ |
| 8 | He used to have a Council flat , but I think he got out of that . |