Example sentences of "used [to-vb] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Voltaire , an altogether more sympathetic figure , who incidentally used to serve himself the best Burgundy while giving his guests vin ordinaire , observed in one of his philosophical tales that la lune de miel is followed the next month by la lune de l'absinthe . ] ) |
| 2 | I used to give him the odd cuddle and I used to give him lifts home on my bike . |
| 3 | Oh yes very much so very much so there always has been , yeah they used to call them the faithful four thousand at one time . |
| 4 | Oh yes , oh yes much as they are now and the big horse we used to call them the big horses you know and er shows and that , all , they used to , Willenhall Wakes used to be fine really good , and er that was down in the Lane somewhere there . |
| 5 | ‘ We used to call it the Bitching Hour . |
| 6 | Oh yes , oh yes each side and er there , some , a few came round erm where it used to be the old picture house , a few came around up as far as Rushbrooks and erm further up towards erm now then The Central , there 's a school that they used to call it The Central but erm |
| 7 | Oh yes at one time erm after the New Town got well started , after The Stow was built got to the , goes up to The Stow and be beyond er , well it 's just , going on into erm , er , towards the swimming bath , it was n't up there , swimming bath , erm and we used to call it the Shady Shop in , in adverts and er we used to have a lot of people used to come down because there was only The Stow then and er |
| 8 | ‘ Washing never used to take you the whole night , two hours or more . ’ |