Example sentences of "we usually [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We usually had a Christmas party for our friends , but not birthday parties . |
| 2 | And then he , he got on the road and he , we usually took , he had to run it er not more than twenty five miles and hour , and er you had to run it , we , we stopped at Preston if we could get there . |
| 3 | When we played this , we usually made a rule that the teams lined up alternating sexes . |
| 4 | We usually carried three or four experienced deck and engineer cutter officers who doubled up as instructors . |
| 5 | We usually sourced from Olympic in the States but we had to start looking elsewhere . |
| 6 | We usually went to Switzerland , Holland , Germany , Denmark , Sweden . |
| 7 | On seeing them waddle down the street , like a mass of quivering flesh , we usually ran upstairs to warn Mum of the advancing horde . |
| 8 | That was when we usually saw these cases — when it was too late . |
| 9 | We had a tea break which was only supposed to be for ten minutes , but the men took exception to this so we usually got a bit longer . |
| 10 | We usually got one back saying they 'd been accepted and they 'd deal with them at a certain time you know . |
| 11 | Sheep we usually treated ourselves . |
| 12 | ‘ I used to see Dad every now and again , say once a month , and we usually spoke over the phone at least once a week . |
| 13 | When this occurred we usually dived into the nearest tenement to hide . |
| 14 | We usually gained our ends by astute and almost instinctive creation of alliances , for which we provided leadership , and small but professional military forces that were sought by friends and feared by foes for the impact they could make upon contemporary balances of power . |
| 15 | As a rule we had do tell everybody what we did over the weekend which was called our ‘ news ’ and we usually did this first thing on a Monday . |
| 16 | Every few minutes down the river we would see a wild cocoa tree on the bank , and exploring in the forest behind we usually found many more trees . |