Example sentences of "he used [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You can always tell the ones he did , he used to put a little devil in the corner , do you remember that ? ’ |
2 | Similarly , he used to take a healthy interest in his wife 's bowel movements , as is meet . |
3 | Well there 's another lad he 's been ill in health he 's worked more now than he ever has cos he used to work a few days and lose a few days and he was n't . |
4 | Well there was er the one who had the most important influence in my school life was Albert Edward , do you remember the printers , he was a teacher and he used to teach standard four , that was your last standard in the junior , and he had a big influence on , on me because er he wanted me to go into the printing trade as an apprentice , but I , me leaving school at thirteen and going into full-time work straight away I could n't do , do that but oh there was er , , he was an officer during the war he was in the and there was oh our , our school teacher , we used to call , we used to call him his name was actually Arthur I think , but he was always , he was a little bit addicted to the lit little whisky bottle , he used to keep a little bottle in his desk and he 'd be having a nip of whisky , but he was what was approximated as a sports master now , he used to look after the football team , we used to call him , I suppose his name was Arthur but his name was . |
5 | " Aye , but he used to keep a few beasts years ago . |
6 | One of today 's most distinguished ( though not yet knighted ) evolutionary theorists so seldom cleans his glasses that his vision is probably a misty blur anyway , but he seems to get along pretty well and , by his own account , he used to play a mean game of monocular squash . |
7 | And he used to have a small piece of stick with a on the end of it , cut from er a tree or a bush . |
8 | And he used to have a small stand on it do you see , to hold the barrel , and then he could manoeuvre around just like a machine gun . |
9 | Because he had he used to have a big open fire there and all the kids would be sitting round it keeping warm while he was mending the shoes . |
10 | You know , he used to have a photographic shop at Cubitt Town . ’ |
11 | Yeah he used to have a whole loaf on a Saturday . |
12 | Cassock and surplice , a black cassock and white surplice once I told you that my grandmother was once living with us , she used to delight in washing my surplice and ironing it up except me when I was singing in the choir , I did n't take a , the treble solos , that was after the choir used to sister of ours at least oh twenty men , and as many lads and youths the as I say Johnny was in the choir there was er the two brothers and there was Dick was a incense boy and his father was a manager to go in the , he used to have a red cassock and surplice , but he used to Dick 's dad was the incense swinger and they used to go about swinging incense and that , I do n't suppose they do that at all now , but er your first job as a choirboy was to pump the organ it , have you ever been in the church ? |