Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] used [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | involve me I used to get out in the morning , get up in the morning and be down there at six , see how many ships and see how many what I want , so many dockers on each ship , sometimes they 'd want say six , sometimes eight . |
| 2 | When I was a bairn I loathed and feared these dogs , and as my parents often liked to get rid of me I used to stay for short holidays with both uncles , and so I saw more of the dogs than I liked . |
| 3 | But , you see , with all this , and , indeed , before all this , the two happiest relationships of my life were with a schoolfriend called Melanie Smith with whom I used to listen to records of Carousel and Oklahoma ! on an old , wind-up gramophone , and with the hockey-ball when I became goalie of the first eleven . |
| 4 | Erm er I 'm very grateful to Dr and I 'll offer him another story , a woman who 's now died whom I used to visit who sat with her coal fire set but not lit until someone would come to the door . |
| 5 | I cried out in relief and happiness : I thought I recognised him as a former schoolmate , a boy with whom I used to exchange groans about the maths problems whose solutions so frequently eluded us . |
| 6 | Five of them I used to play with at the Trafford Metros in Manchester , so they 've got a very experienced team . |
| 7 | And then there was the farcical , farcical final report I I used to take will be the first to endorse and interpreting those statistics at least in my case course , but I blush what these Consultants have done , let's give you a few examples , sixty five per cent , you see on page three think that changes are necessary , they were asked 'do you think changes are necessary to meet the fifteen transportation problems and to be needs ? ' |
| 8 | I I used to notice that |
| 9 | There 's a lot of burglaries round I admit yeah , but there 's not much violence and drugs and things like that , so I I used to think it was good living round . |
| 10 | And I I used to have er I u I used to have men working for me , you see ? |
| 11 | She must have reminded me in her remote stillness , her lucid silence , of someone I used to know , used to love . |
| 12 | ‘ I who used to push you upon the swings in the Lenin Plaza ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ He knew someone who used to live there before it was owned by a Mr … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ When you were a child , did you have someone who used to tell you stories ? ’ |
| 15 | Someone we used to know at Plumford . ’ |
| 16 | I him used to know . |
| 17 | I worked a lot in one which I used to call D4 — basically taking the second string down to A and then sometimes taking the third string down to F sharp — open D. But sometimes keeping the third string tuned to G. I also used to tune to D minor sometimes and take the F sharp down to F , but sometimes keeping the E at the top so you 'd have a ninth . ’ |
| 18 | He had some lovely tartan coloured rugs which I used to go and admire over at Clove Lodge , where he would take lodgings for the night . |
| 19 | And another sixteen percent is the other Ne Nestle coffee erm Blend Thirty Seven which I used to drink a long time ago and others and twenty two percent is er |
| 20 | My nominee for the non-sport of the future is one which I used to watch on television regularly . |
| 21 | Er , you know , well of course they were young girls and er , you see and there 's , there was nothing we could do , you see , and , and er , anyway the doctor , as soon as the doctor did come , it was because th the young staff er they had to , they took her away to the mortuary , you see and erm then I , I had to carry on with her work and , and do the best I could and mine as well , you see , but of course er the Manager he appointed another Assistant Manager to go and collect the money which I used to do got it in because I took her times of duty as well and er , you see , and then after that er after several weeks I suppose it was , I do n't know how many because I forget how many , that they appointed me as Manageress and I was in that position for twelve years , you see and |
| 22 | you see , you just think it 's or have you experienced that you were , first you had a bad or a good impression and then you had to change which I used to do very often . |
| 23 | Reading coach Colin Lee added : ‘ Lambert does things which I used to see on tapes of George Best . |
| 24 | Then I have my Flying V which I used to play all the time . |
| 25 | But for years there was a large bomb site down the road , on which I used to play with my friend Howard , who lived three doors the other way . |
| 26 | The yearnings which I used to have towards it in those unfledged years ! |
| 27 | ‘ I had one of those four-sting guitars which I used to tune in one key . |
| 28 | In the store room next to the kitchen were a long table and shelves always covered with all sorts of provisions ; large earthenware jars full of confits of pork and goose , a small barrel where vinegar slowly matured , a bowl where honey oozed out of the comb , jams , preserves of sorrel and of tomatoes , and odd bottles with grapes and cherries marinating in brandy ; next to the table a weighing machine on which I used to stand at regular intervals ; sacks of haricot beans , of potatoes ; eggs , each one carefully dated in pencil . |
| 29 | And so he represses the part of himself which used to cry for the moon . |
| 30 | Which you used to light with a taper or something like that and they had little chains on to adjust your light . |