Example sentences of "we used to get a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We used to get a collar of rope , manilla rope , put it on to a truck and used to stretch it out first and then cut off the lengths . |
| 2 | Well we used to get a bucket and throw it over the v over like that . |
| 3 | We used to get a shilling a day for that . |
| 4 | For example , we used to get a lot of people from the printers but you knew them . |
| 5 | And we used to get a lot of Californian fruit . |
| 6 | Oh we used to get a lot of them . |
| 7 | Cos started a union up , but that was after when I was working at Squires but there was n't , there was n't a union , a union at all then , but er there was keen competition between Tonkses and cos they and , I mean they all developed the Yale and er we used to get a lot of visitors around , and er you used to get a lot of American visitors around , but erm it 's a it 's a very very old town is n't it , very old because mother used to do her shopping there and there were n't any buses running , but we used to go by wagonette from er to do the Saturday shopping er Applobish used to run the wagonettes and the daughter used to drive the two horses and |
| 8 | school holidays we only used to get a month they get about six weeks now I think but no we used to get a month 's holiday then . |
| 9 | All the different schools had er cos then we had , used to compete against er all sports and we used to get an afternoon football we used to march from up to the and erm play football but we did n't go up there until at half-time at erm play-time so they went to school at two o'clock and at half past three then that 'd be our break , then we 'd go up to erm football till five o'clock . |