Example sentences of "used [to-vb] [prep] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | To go to Harwich , yes , they erm , the Salvation Army , once a year that 's where they used to go on their for their treat . |
| 2 | I think it was a car that she 'd had for was well looked after her dad used to see to it for her but it was she 'd had it for some years and she was always poodling about in you see . |
| 3 | Not only her own people but other people used to come to her for advice … |
| 4 | He used to come after me for music lesson every week , I can always |
| 5 | He used to niggle at me for being a capitalist farmer and I got at him for being an unemployed commie . |
| 6 | I used to play with them for hours on end and they tore a big hole in the back of my coat during one rough and tumble . |
| 7 | He and Hubert used to argue about it for hours , but they were surprisingly good friends , for all that . ’ |