Example sentences of "[noun sg] they used have " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pub they used to have was patronized by shooting parties in the grouse season and one big businessman was so impressed by Grandad that he offered to take him back with him to train him for a position in his firm . |
| 2 | It was only Sunday services but er we did occasionally have , cos you do n't get a wedding every day , but we did sing occasionally at the weddings , the biggest service was at Easter when there was quite a performance at Easter yes Joh Johnny he was a he was in the choir and he 's , there was another woman that might be interested a Mrs in Street during the fourteen war they used to have the Red Cross collection and they 'd organize processions round round the streets collecting for the Red Cross and they used to knit socks and send them out and all that sort of thing |
| 3 | And er and then there used to be some houses what er we did n't live in one of them but there used to be a lot of houses what used to be railings round , and there used to be steps and you 'd go down the steps , into the And they used to c they used to live downstairs and then well of course when you 're in the house in the side the room they used to have another flight of steps to come upstairs to a l a front room or a lounge or whatever you mind to call it . |
| 4 | That was because I mean you take now the , the , the Dredging Company what they call the in their funnel they used to have erm a square and in halves that used to be a blue and a yellow . |
| 5 | And at that time nearly everybody had a bed with a mattress made of straw , and on top of this mattress , straw mattress they used to have what they call a tick , flock , flock tick . |
| 6 | And at the end they used to have a jingle : |
| 7 | In proportion as we have lost that overseas extension of our power , I think the national differences within the British Isles are bound to show more , because they 've lost the great common ground of shared activity they used to have . |
| 8 | Yes , and during that time they used to have a lot of people visiting from overseas |
| 9 | And last but not least on these issues of planning which I think is very important , I 'm glad to get the opportunity to put this thing over to people ; I very much regret the way that planning laws have been weakened so that the local authorities do n't have the power they used to have . |