Example sentences of "we used to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We used to be harassed constantly by officials of the Municipal Corporation for running what they called an illegal business . |
| 2 | and th we used to be visited by some of their people |
| 3 | And er he was rubbing the coal off his back and was stripped there , we used to be stripped to the waist then . |
| 4 | We used to be mortified to think that a recognisable vest or discarded pair of pants , now grey , torn and shapeless , should be thought by a neighbour to be worn by one of us . |
| 5 | then it went a bit further and stop , and then we used to be walking up the , but that were it , half a crown |
| 6 | As we work , we can look out of the window now and then and see the students doing physical exercises and practising sports for the sports day on Monday — they 're very keen on physical jerks here , and at Peking we used to be woken up at 7 a.m. to find the Chinese staff doing P.E . |
| 7 | You do n't want people knocking your door and er you know she up to the time she died we we used to be advised by her . |
| 8 | And then we used to be playing top , we 'd a top right round the village , see how far we could go . |
| 9 | And we used to be selling them at midnight . |