Example sentences of "[indef pn] [pron] used [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must have reminded me in her remote stillness , her lucid silence , of someone I used to know , used to love . |
| 2 | ‘ He knew someone who used to live there before it was owned by a Mr … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ When you were a child , did you have someone who used to tell you stories ? ’ |
| 4 | Someone we used to know at Plumford . ’ |
| 5 | Somebody who used to live next door to you , so it must have been Hartsett Close then . |
| 6 | There was one I used to pick in another field years ago , a purple flower with pretty leaves which sometimes turned all colours , but I never knew its name . |
| 7 | There 's a sort of market here , like the one I used to go to with Marie and Sonja , cept not so big . |
| 8 | First I thought it was like the one I used to own . |
| 9 | The one I used to own , she meant , the one the copper bought . |
| 10 | Ruth , you know the one I used to look after ? |
| 11 | Oh well there you go you see I have n't got one I used to have one . |
| 12 | Yeah that 's the one I used to get mixed up with . |
| 13 | ‘ This is one I used to try to read to him last year , but ’ — her voice sounded almost shy — ‘ I ai n't too hot a reader myself , as you can probably guess . |
| 14 | It 's something which used to happen years ago and I was delighted to come when my son suggested it . |
| 15 | Even the evening meal — the one which used to involve being together , talking and relaxing — is often eaten from a tray on your lap while you watch television . |
| 16 | Something you used to spend a lot of time at but have n't done for some time . |
| 17 | Is that the one you used to go about with ? |
| 18 | Er that was the name of the manufacturer an you used to buy them on cards , they were all sizes and the big one you used to put onto the tips of your your er soles just in on the tips , to save the front of the shoe . |
| 19 | Shuvorn has gorn off picking daisies in Katie Jane Garside doolally-land and the new one who used to pose in leather mags is no longer , but the two ‘ Nanas that remain are fitter and leaner than ever . |
| 20 | The one who used to go out with Barry . |
| 21 | no the blonde lad , the one who used to sit on the door , er |
| 22 | The till , the till locks , and erm we used to assemble those as well and er it was a fortunate one who used to do the lacquering , there was a big er big erm heated table and er it was easy work to do the lacquering you see and you used to have to put them on the top of the heated tower to dry before they were packed to go away , but erm they were , it was a hard place to work for but er the one son Mr he was always in London and er this is n't being recorded now is it , is it ? |
| 23 | From then onwards , the only one who used to make a little mistake every now and then was my little sister , who 'd say Harry and then quickly change it to Cliff . |
| 24 | The one who used to walk round the corner and get round that corner and give it all that . |
| 25 | Hubert 's still the clergyman with the flighty wife , the one who used to play cards on Sunday and then did a bunk on him . |
| 26 | ‘ The one who used to hollow out the inside of a baguette for breakfast , and fill it up with condensed milk , and lower it into his mouth like a sword-swallower ? ’ |
| 27 | Mhm , it was just a wee bit quite a big one we used to call it |
| 28 | That was the big one we used to go . |
| 29 | Well my fucking , my deep fat fryer 's sitting out we got an electric one we used to have the one that was on the cooker |
| 30 | Oh on Mondays and Saturdays two or three times a week and it was er available for anyone that want to hold a dance they could rent it there was no jitterbugging it was just the waltz or foxtrot and two step and then we got er one they used to kick their legs about |