Example sentences of "[noun prp] used do " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his satirical cabaret days , Nichols used to do a sketch with Elaine May about a Jewish mother 's shock at her son 's choice of profession : ‘ Can you imagine me saying , ‘ There goes my son the nurse ’ ? ’ |
| 2 | Like Frank Spencer used to do stupid things . |
| 3 | Oh well that 's good , that 's what Jean used to do . |
| 4 | Marie used to do that when I met her — you know , sleep all day and then go out at night . |
| 5 | In turning to God , and interceding on behalf of the people , as Moses used to do , he discovers the nature of the offence . |
| 6 | ‘ I remember how ‘ Monsewer ’ Eddie Gray used to do a sketch about diving into a letterbox , while one of the funniest people was a taxi driver I knew who used to put a mask on and squirt people with a water pistol . |
| 7 | Faye used to do it , of course , when she was mobile . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ This is what Jack Nicklaus used to do , ’ Player continued . |
| 9 | My servant Kamala used to do that in India , ’ said Mary , and very soon Colin was asleep . |
| 10 | The accounts , even if they are based on genuine memory as many undoubtedly are , are more examples of the kind of thing Jesus used to do . |
| 11 | They are ‘ summaries ’ of the type of thing Jesus used to do . |
| 12 | Batty used to do it a bit , but is more of a solid player and these days tends to calm things down . |
| 13 | I think that 's a load of shit , half of his stuff , I mean they 're , they 're good reproductions , tin of Heinz Bake Beans but any monkey can fucking do that charge fifty grand for it or whatever they charged for it The ones I 've always liked is erm , I du n no if you 've ever seen any , Ed , Edward Lanzear used to paint a lot of er Queen Victoria used to do er animal paintings . |
| 14 | Lee Marvin used to do something similar , announcing , ‘ I 'm a coward and I bet anybody in this place can beat me ’ . |
| 15 | Some M F I and Clayton Mills used to do the P V C ones , but they do n't seem to do them now . |
| 16 | Can I just sa , I mean Colin used to do the homework timetable for every year , dish it out and everybody ignored it ! |
| 17 | Mike used to do that |
| 18 | Well Mike used to do it like that |
| 19 | and they 're going like Nicky used to do . |
| 20 | Michael Miles used to do it . |
| 21 | She 's doing the same kind of work that Christine used to do . |
| 22 | I think that 's what Cathy used to do cos she used to get tubby , has n't she ? |
| 23 | Malcolm was really into doing good window displays for the shop , often influenced by the ones Mr Green used to do for his Vince 's Man 's Shop in Soho — which was the first boutique ever , bringing faded blue denim and hipster trousers to the British public in the fifties . |
| 24 | And you see is Margaret , when Gerry used to do it I could change my mind half way |
| 25 | ‘ What was that routine Lewis used to do ? |
| 26 | To this day I was never sure whether Bill used to do these kind of things accidentally or on purpose . ‘ |
| 27 | We used to perhaps , well we used to , then when that started Mr got a slaughterhouse , you see , down , we used to kill his stuff as well up , up in our slaughterhouse and Ernie used to do it , well he used to do the slaughtering and make the sausages |
| 28 | Mark used to do that man , Mark used to shave his eyebrows like here o on top and on , on the sides . |
| 29 | and I told him about the , him taking the wagon off me , he said that 's bloody stupid that cos Nick used to do my run , work it out for me |
| 30 | ‘ Michael used to do the same , ’ said Holdfast . |