Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [pron] used [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then of course they used to iron them . |
| 2 | No well we used to kill them with a stick but of course they used to lay the rabbits out at that time to see how many they caught cos that was a little bit of perks for the farm labourers they used to buy a rabbit for sixpence , then they go up to ninepence for a rabbit . |
| 3 | Well of course they used to use the poppy , for people in great pain |
| 4 | And of course then when she had done it they used to fold it up they used to just get it then and go like that you know , and just fold it up and then when it was done all done you see , they 'd take it back to this here lady and then of course they used to pay you for it . |
| 5 | I think that generally they came in because they liked the style erm they , they , usually had er , in their minds what they wanted and because they go round and see all these fittings at night , I mean our shop used to be all the fittings were lit up at night so that you could have a look in , erm it 's very confusing I think when you , you 've got an awful lot of fittings in , in , in a shop and , and all of them lit , decide which one 's gon na to be the best for your house , but I think most of them already had ideas what , what sort of fitting they wanted and of course we used to do a great deal of |
| 6 | That all , that 's all for the grain and then of course we used to import a lot at locust . |
| 7 | And of course we used to have desk infect inspections , of course we used to take that down before a desk inspection you see , this we had a surprise inspection and lifted it up and saw this and read it out , read it , Right , he said , And we 'll go God 's going to help you do something else , come out . |
| 8 | And of course we used to have desk infect inspections , of course we used to take that down before a desk inspection you see , this we had a surprise inspection and lifted it up and saw this and read it out , read it , Right , he said , And we 'll go God 's going to help you do something else , come out . |
| 9 | And of course we used to have to go on tram cars to the school and Road . |
| 10 | And the grey ghost and all them we saw in serials and of course we used to follow them up go every Saturday afternoon and follow these serials up . |
| 11 | But listen to big Ray Close and he would have you believe that it was no big deal , just another fight and a chance to earn the kind of money he used to dream of as an amateur with Ledley Hall . |
| 12 | ‘ I feel closer to Chris , doing the sort of work he used to do , ’ she said to Sarah . |
| 13 | When he was at Cardiff College of PE he used to get Gareth Edwards to play . |
| 14 | When he was at Cardiff College of PE he used to get Gareth Edwards to play . |
| 15 | We were giggling at each other 's pictures and I started to remember the amount of fun we used to have together . |
| 16 | Moore 's sitting room has been reconstructed on the ground floor complete with his favourite armchair , bookcase , work table and all the works of art it used to contain , shipped over from storage in Britain plus a colour photograph reproducing the view he enjoyed out of his window . |
| 17 | She was the sort of woman who used to come for the weekend at home , sometimes , with a suitcase full of little black dresses for cocktails and dinner . |
| 18 | ‘ Lucasta was just the sort of woman he used to like . |
| 19 | ‘ A sort of game we used to play . |
| 20 | I found the homework , homework diary was useful because I used to check in , end of every of week they used to know if it was n't there I 'd want to know why it was n't done ! |
| 21 | This contrasts with the warmth of feeling which used to exist : |
| 22 | He is , although this may seem incredible , the kind of man who used to rule the world ! ’ |
| 23 | It was years since she 'd played , of course , and her fingers were bound to be rusty , but she could n't resist trying out some of the pieces of music she used to play so long ago . |
| 24 | ‘ It was like them pictures of Hell we used to get in Sunday school , ’ she told the other women when she returned to work two days later . |
| 25 | In fact they pay for the sort of thing they used to skive out of when they were at school . ’ |
| 26 | She could suck it as easily as the sticks of liquorice she used to adore as a girl . |
| 27 | Attached to the ring was the piece of wire he used to pick locks . |