Example sentences of "and [pers pn] used to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And my little boy was he was only about three at the time and I used to be used to angry at him and my neighbour used to come in and take him . |
| 2 | It was difficult cos you only had what they we call the joystick behind me and I used to work that and I used to be |
| 3 | One time that used to be further in the dock and I used to be let the erm , the manager know , the pool manager , cos at one time before the war , dockers were erm casual and when the war started , then they thought theirself , right we 're gon na make er dockers more or less permanent , so they all come under the Ipswich Dock Commission then . |
| 4 | I 'd never eaten breakfast on weekdays before , and I used to be starving by lunch-time and pig out . |
| 5 | He said never been and I used to be going like this to you . |
| 6 | and he 's saying he 'll marry her and then of course Acky he and he says you know , er A Acky you know , and I used to be a male nurse you know , and John says aye , John |
| 7 | Yeah it was something like that and he had a sister called Lisa who was about a year older than me and I used to be best friends with her . |
| 8 | I , I really jiggered myself this morning and I was only out about half an hour , you know , and I used to be able to do a full day ! |
| 9 | And it was a little square thing , about two foot square , with a er and about eight inches deep , tt and you used to put the clothes in , with warm water and your your powder , close the top and you used to have a handle , and Like that there , and you used to be backwards and forwards , like that , , with this paddle going backwards and forwards inside it . |
| 10 | And there was catches on the chair and you used to be ab A lad used to stand there and he used to pull a lever and he used to level these catches and the tubs would run off and then as two ran off he 'd let it go and it would catch the empties you see then . |
| 11 | And you used to be ab well you used to be able to over the flames of the fire on one side , and then er a saucepan on the other on the in one side with your vegetables in one side , with your potatoes in and then you used to have your oven with a for your meat . |
| 12 | ‘ You 've changed so much and you used to be such a happy child . |
| 13 | Since she 's gone there 's been a gap … it made my life better , because — she had a garden I could use … and it was like a job — I felt I was led to do that job … and she used to be so pleased to see me , she used to almost embrace me with tears in her eyes . |
| 14 | And she used to be so pretty … ’ |
| 15 | Yeah and she used to be hammering on the door , twenty past five you know yeah |
| 16 | You know , once when I was in Wembley like , another thing that I 've noticed that changed in our place at Wembley , like every time I used to go in there , all , well , when I used to be in there , like , all the lads would be in the office with her like talking to her , and laughing and smiling and and she used to be at the desk smiling and everything and now , when I walk in there now it 's only me like on a Saturday , and it 's only her like nobody else is in there with her , she 's al , she always she 's got , I think what 's happened is she got too deep into her work that she 's she just seems to take all her work now and that . |
| 17 | And we used to be able to get all the gear in John Illsley 's car … ! ’ |
| 18 | We used to get help from the Co-ops because they used to give us lists of new members and we used to be able to canvass those . |
| 19 | And we used to be selling them at midnight . |
| 20 | There was a lot of stress on resources , and by resources I do n't just mean books in libraries , I mean staffing resources primarily … and we used to be very fierce about the quality of course leadership , for example . |
| 21 | And I was downstairs and they used to be up upstairs was the man what cut all the stuff up , do you see ? |
| 22 | With a little wall round and on this island there used to be a lot of houses on and they used to be all what they call alms hous old people lived in them and that . |
| 23 | And they used to be like ham . |
| 24 | Yeah , they would , let the bake it we used to Danish foods and cos we used to have a Danish er , we used to have erm Polish ship come in one week and an English ship come in the next week and the , the bacon was just pigs were all killed , wrapped in sacking and tied with string , and they used to be laid in the hold like that . |
| 25 | Cor , there was boxes of brand new tools come down there , spanners , and they used to be the , like these , like a big chopper , well they used to have couple of all with erm breezed up with erm like greaseproof paper over 'em , bag 'em up into the holds , guns , there was guns , what done with the guns they hit the er , just near the barrel or the trigger , th they used to flatten them out so they could n't use 'em but they all went in the ships bombs , or little shells they used to find in there , all scrap iron . |
| 26 | I think that 's where they got the idea and they used to be all leather , thigh boots . |
| 27 | And I used to carry out their meals to the men , and they used to be eating out in the field then . |
| 28 | And they used to be coming erm about the end of September through the beginning of November , they used to come to the beach from different directions , during that time . |
| 29 | w er only sailing boats and they used to be anchored here years ago , down on the beach there . |
| 30 | and they used to be caravan down on Lyme by the park and |