Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] used [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now they restrict cattle to the 14-hectare hillside plot which they 've had since 1979 — and from which they used to scrape a living of maize and beans before they invaded the valley-bottom land at La Colorada . |
| 2 | Local man Paul McAllister heard the screams and raced to the scene with a ladder which he used to reach a bedroom window . |
| 3 | Instead , Wilby left the Midland Bank in Barnsley with a £2,500 cheque account , which he used to buy a car . |
| 4 | And then you you used to have a blow lamp to heat it up and after that you you erm put it on half compression and you were turning one of the big flywheels round until it it started and you had to keep the blowlamp on it . |
| 5 | Something you used to spend a lot of time at but have n't done for some time . |
| 6 | But , a another one they used to call a fatty I can remember that even now . |
| 7 | To make it harder for vermin to get into 'em they used to draw a wagon alongside a stack , and stand on the wagon with a scythe and then trim the stack . |
| 8 | Well it used to be a clothes shop but what you used to call a pawn shop in them days as well . |
| 9 | Yes well you used to scoop your water out with what you used to call a ladle in them days . |
| 10 | And on that side , what we fireplace it used to be what we used to call a boiler , you used to fill it with water and it used to the fire used to heat it for you to take it we used to call what we used to call ladle it out into a a bowl to wash your pots with or wash your floor with or anything with . |
| 11 | Oh I tell you what we used to have a dresser like this in front of of of a of a h of a of a at home and er mother used to make a a jelly and she used to put it underneath the dresser and put a plate on on top of it in case the mice would get it . |