Example sentences of "my [noun sg] [vb mod] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah well she 's friendly , well my mum used to be really really good friends with her and then my parents split up and , and like they , they went like water to my dad 's side |
| 2 | Jay had no inclination to go through the who are you , what do you do , oh really , gosh my brother-in-law used to be in the same field . |
| 3 | Now he 's got his arm round where my waist used to be . |
| 4 | They 'd have a little fancy shawl or My Grandma used to always have a fancy shawl that Just a small thing that came , you know , a bit down their back and And my Grandma used to wear erm a white much It was just thing like a baby 's A cotton thing , tied with a just a string , you know just to erm just a tie under her chin and it would have a wee bit of lace s on the corner , or the or the end of the tie , that was through the day and it was all ruffled , and then when she was on holiday and came into town she had a a thing on her head made of velvet and it all had fancy little things in it . |
| 5 | My gran used to always used to do that . |
| 6 | I used to do that when my gran used to , when I was a little girl when erm , my grandmother used to make cakes and she always used to save it for for me . |
| 7 | My name used to be Rhodesia . |
| 8 | Erm we boys , my father used to s what we call stud our shoes , and they were round sort of metal studs , and these were sort of knocked into your soles to save the leather . |
| 9 | ‘ My father used to be a member of the County Cricket Club . ’ |
| 10 | And my father used to gilly in the Summertime . |
| 11 | I can remember Carole my father used to ah ! now and |
| 12 | My mate used to . |
| 13 | And er we er tt we er we made er a lot of blackout stuff during the war , we had they called the Federation of British Industries , which was an annual fair at Birmingham , and my firm used to s used to exhibit there . |
| 14 | That gap where my fireplace used to be , |
| 15 | And my brother and my grandfather used to and my great grandfather they all took helped on the loch you see . |
| 16 | I run the tips of my fingers over this beard at difficult moments and am reassured by its fibrous smoothness as much as my son used to be , when he was a little younger , by the feel of his old piece of blanket . |
| 17 | My mother used to be in |
| 18 | My mother used to er whe when we were younger used to come down the for a days ' scrubbing , charring . |