Example sentences of "[adv] we used to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh well I b , it were , we all had to be in the union anyway and so we used to er we used to go to the meetings a a a you know as youngsters and then when we came back from the Army we 'd got to the union meeting as well . |
| 2 | I know it 's , I knew it was Needham Station and it was between station to station , you see , not er anything to do with the public but that 's where I learnt so we used to er take er messages from station to station and I used to speak to the girl at Merrith down the line . |
| 3 | And sometimes used to get a bit of a a bad storm ahead so we used to especially if you went from here to er North of Scotland round Cape . |
| 4 | And when we went to bed early we used to we One used to have to fill the kettle , and then the other one used to have to set the table for next morning for next morning . |
| 5 | Perhaps they do n't have time to stand and talk like we used to . |
| 6 | Do we now , for example , make er big ships like we used to ? |
| 7 | There were n't any houses then and there was a big ditch where the canal side and erm we used to have to wait for each other , because no street lamps , nothing at all like that and er really we used to be afraid and then when the first bus ran , shall I tell you this , when the first bus ran from , from Bloxwich to Willenhall of course word got around that the buses were beginning , because the roads were only ruts , they were n't tarmacked roads then and it was certainly gentlemen first for the first there were about three hundred waiting that was a lot of at the top is it Street , I think it 's that and all the gentlemen were first but we , some of us managed to scramble on , but erm then they used to break down very very often because the roads the roads were in such a terrible condition they were only ruts . |
| 8 | Well we used to er well really we never used to do anything kind of perhaps er go out and play or anything like that . |
| 9 | Well we used to er you see , you know when you paid you had your cheque . |
| 10 | Well we used to er get Jersey potatoes and things like that and then new potatoes . |
| 11 | We used to perhaps , well we used to , then when that started Mr got a slaughterhouse , you see , down , we used to kill his stuff as well up , up in our slaughterhouse and Ernie used to do it , well he used to do the slaughtering and make the sausages |
| 12 | Well we used to put er branches below them |
| 13 | Well we used to , I mean , I do n't think did they ? |
| 14 | We never used to go Here we used to be and on the beach there . |
| 15 | And then we used to and they used to come along with the old cart and start leading . |
| 16 | And then they used to well it used to be ever so long , yards and yards of it and then we used to what they call drawing . |
| 17 | And then we used to be playing top , we 'd a top right round the village , see how far we could go . |
| 18 | And then we used to after that , we used to go out , every in the morning and at night , taking some feed out , to them wherever they were do you see . |
| 19 | Go there sometimes about four o'clock give them a feed out and then we used to I used to stay there in a small shelter there . |
| 20 | well we change it , then we used to then the same yet , we 've , we 've had |
| 21 | But then we used to se |
| 22 | then it went a bit further and stop , and then we used to be walking up the , but that were it , half a crown |