Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] used [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , it 's it 's erm it 's somebody who , all they do is write your answers for you but dictated I m if you 've ever been an em especially I mean I used to be I usually end up doing the amanuensing for courses that I 've taught on students on my paper . |
| 2 | Of course , there are plenty of bands around who still shun the use of a digital recording system in favour of its analogue forbears , but fings ai n't want they used to be and DAT 's the truth . |
| 3 | With petit mal , the small fit , it used to called vaguely , you could talk to somebody and then go on nattering away and then suddenly the person would switch off and then just stare and then after a while they come back and talk to you and it 's , they pick up exactly where they 've left off , so as I say it used to be called day dreaming , now that 's the low end of the scale , now we go to the other end of the scale and remember please that there 's no set type for an epileptic , anybody , anywhere , any age at any time can have an epileptic fit , you do n't have to be that type , do n't . |
| 4 | You mean you used to be a museum curator or something ? ’ |
| 5 | I mean you used to be able to go ah ! |
| 6 | I remember I used to be a horror . ’ |
| 7 | And way back , you know I used to be a hair stylist myself . |
| 8 | I know she used to be like that with me |
| 9 | You know she used to be so petite , but god them damn legs on her ! |
| 10 | Well you know he used to be quite good looking when he was younger but now he 's really ugly . |
| 11 | Remember it used to be three inches long and now a foot long , with a flapper |
| 12 | I believe she used to be so reluctant about marrying people because marriage is important to her , she 's only been waiting for the right one . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I mean they used to be taller . |
| 14 | But I mean it used to be every day |
| 15 | and I mean it used to be the fact , oh god well we 've got to sort of have dinner at twelve o'clock , we 've got to be round there by four . |
| 16 | stick tea bag in it now , cos I mean it used to be tea did n't it , all at one time ? |
| 17 | Now er clay pipes , we used to dredge up and they got dredged up down opposite Pinmill , and they were a long pipe , but cos the , the stem a lot of them had been broken off and wh how they got down there nobody know , I think they used to be like in ballast with the ships , I think . |
| 18 | So you see he used to be a boxer years ago , in the fifties was n't it ? |