Example sentences of "you [verb] [pers pn] used to " in BNC.
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| 1 | You mean you used to be a museum curator or something ? ’ |
| 2 | Do , do you think they used to in the fifties ? |
| 3 | Did n't you know he used to be feather weight champion of Scotland |
| 4 | There is erm a chap down our road had a had a huge dog and when he when he took it for a walk , you know he used to he used to stagger along with him and my wife used to say there he goes again , the do what was it she used to say , the dog 's taking the man for a walk again and it i do you think it 's that sort of idea you know that in some households th the dog takes over from the er sort of central figure , even the dominant figure , things hinge round the dog , you know the holiday what shall we do with the dog , pouring down with rain but the dog has to go out for its walk and somebody has to take it . |
| 5 | Well you know he used to be quite good looking when he was younger but now he 's really ugly . |
| 6 | You know you used to , All they need is the bed . |
| 7 | You know she used to be so petite , but god them damn legs on her ! |
| 8 | And way back , you know I used to be a hair stylist myself . |
| 9 | I was just You know I used to always maybe take one and if I got bad I took maybe two a day you know . |
| 10 | you know I used to sort of bellow out |
| 11 | Ah well , you see they used to where they used to live opposite . |
| 12 | you see she used to erm she used to take er six dressed chickens to the mansion place in Lla in er . |
| 13 | So you see he used to be a boxer years ago , in the fifties was n't it ? |