Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] used do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My wife used to do the gardening at home . |
| 2 | ‘ My father used to do the garden at Taigh na Tuir . |
| 3 | To save a quarter of a million — that 's the sort of thing my father used to do . ’ |
| 4 | And er my father used to do the garden then . |
| 5 | She has such a thirst after knowledge that the more she knows , I verily think the humbler she is , and I can not help letting go as fast as she pulls as my son used to do to his kite . |
| 6 | . My son used to Do n't shout at them mother , he said . |
| 7 | And she 'd scrub herself the hands with that you know and of course my mam used to do all the baking did n't she . |
| 8 | Well all that and then there used to be what they used call er net mending but my mother used to do that . |
| 9 | I suppose about one and a half yards , perhaps not that , square and in the corner there was what they called , what we had the copper for boiling the clothes , make it with small coal and , and coal and wood and paper and boil the water and , and my mother used to do the washing there and we had a big old mangle with wooden rollers out in the back yard , that was always out in the back yard . |
| 10 | My mother used to do a |
| 11 | My mother used to do . |
| 12 | My mother used to do the washing for the Americans , and er we had a photographer friend of ours that used to bring the washing-up to the house , which the story is in the book . |
| 13 | Just what her Dad used to do . |
| 14 | Oh it was cutting , definitely cutting it down yes , and I er remember in the first place before erm all this automation was brought in , they used to do the casting er a man and his son used to do all the casting and believe me it was hard work , er the real old way you know er with the fires and that and everything like that and heating the things up in a bellows . |
| 15 | Well perhaps about er ten o'clock or something because what er me father used to do . |
| 16 | Me dad used to do anything kind you know or work . |
| 17 | Then me mother used to do lace work . |
| 18 | Can you remember things that your mother used to do to make the money go further when |