Example sentences of "[coord] we used [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have a vine — a wonder -vine — and we used to swing on it , ’ says Kier , ‘ until the cops cut it down . |
| 2 | and what have you come down for a meal and we used to sit with the landlord having a having a natter whilst having a few few drinks and er yeah he he used to say er when we went up what do you fancy tonight ? |
| 3 | And , and we used to say to them , er can I mind your car sir ? |
| 4 | Erm when I say parties that 's probably not the right word because erm party indicates sort of food and games , we had concerts and we used to put on these concerts , the pupils used to put them on ourselves and our parents were invited to come and watch these concerts . |
| 5 | communication yes , so that we used to have the difficulty , and we used to rely on the odd person , railway people , drivers and their guards , they used to be knocked up during the night for early duty , by call boys , we used to make use of them if we wanted a message sent anywhere . |
| 6 | All the servants in the Square knew one another ; and Nellie , the cook that worked with me , knew Lottie — Clive Bell 's cook ; she was very friendly with her ; and we used to go over there if they had any luncheons . |
| 7 | I can remember we went to erm , oh cos we moved out of Harlow did n't we when Nick was eleven months old so that 's about fifteen years ago and lived in Hatfield for three years , so , and we used to go to Welwyn Department Store then and , and look at stuff . |
| 8 | I could say a lot about ho , but anyway we started this and we used to go to the I L P , and we used to get packed meetings there on a Sunday night , and s then about nineteen , course we had the general strike , and through the general strike we was both in the I L P and we were doing everything we could you know , distributing the illegal leaflets , and er newspapers that we duplicated , on a hand duplicator . |
| 9 | And we used to go to town , we used to have really good , good er good day erm we used to have a procession and erm local , course local dignitaries used to come er , I I 've got a , one or two pictures in my scrapbook where erm it , I was asking , telling Jean she would have to look up er when we did begin trendsetters . |
| 10 | And we used to go to the cathedral |
| 11 | I was a part-time fire-woman and we used to go on duty as soon as we left work at night . |
| 12 | And we used to go visiting , my Auntie Irene lived there and And we used to go on a Saturday night , I used to ooh and I 've told her , I used to tell I would n't live that , live up that lane rent free . |
| 13 | And we used to go on Lord Street . |
| 14 | Because another one was er we come down the houses in here , empty houses and in , in the summer they used to grow flowers , Marguerites , and we used to go in the backyard , we were n't supposed to , er and cut these flowers and make them into bunches and , and sell them for tuppence and thruppence a bunch . |
| 15 | It was pretty rough and we used to go in Summer you know , barefeet , |
| 16 | She was also the Stationmaster 's daughter , you see , and we used to talk to each other telephone you see and erm , well that 's as far as I 've got now . |
| 17 | And we used to tidy up things like that . |
| 18 | They always had somebody staying there ; and we used to get into bed about ten o'clock — later than that sometimes when they had a dinner party ! |
| 19 | Then quietly the butler would give us the down ; and we used to slip in the stairs and look over the banisters and see all the ladies going into the dining-room — which was a great thrill . |
| 20 | You know only right in the middle and we used to jump off the Suspension Bridge regular , some used to dive , but I never did dive there . |
| 21 | I used to land at Migombo property er Matmalamo originally and then they changed it over and we used to land at Migombo But it was a funny spread ! |
| 22 | He did n't support our strikes and we used to row about it , but not now . |
| 23 | ‘ I hardly ever saw him , ’ she said , ‘ but we used to talk on the phone for hours . |
| 24 | 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 |