Example sentences of "[noun] used to [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I was alone , yeah and the horse used to ge used to stay . |
| 2 | They used to be nice little lads and all going round and quiet and the they used to then the tram cars used to lo run along Road . |
| 3 | They used to In the lace market there used to be factories what used to make lace er and er a lady used to er go and take fetch so much lace out and she used to give it out to people what wanted to do it . |
| 4 | Or if your mother had got a say she made you a meat and tater pie in a little dish , if you took this little dish with you , the lady used to er warm it up for you . |
| 5 | cos I mean Pimple used to erm |
| 6 | They 're like that , and then they 've got a shuttlecock the shuttlecock used to er have er like a a cork thing and then there used to be feathers round . |
| 7 | And the buffing shop used to er get buff that side , make it smooth you know . |
| 8 | Oh oh dear Wendy 's dogs used to erm get on your lap and cuddle down |
| 9 | Billy Baloo used to erm know Tommy on the wall |
| 10 | And then people used to er maybe wedding rings or sovereign used to pawn that and then they used to either they could n't afford to get it out , to , to redeem it so er the pawnbroker would sell it then , after a time . |
| 11 | A lot o lot of these here dockers used to erm have 'em made out of calico . |
| 12 | Erm we boys , my father used to s what we call stud our shoes , and they were round sort of metal studs , and these were sort of knocked into your soles to save the leather . |
| 13 | Oh yes , oh yes , oh mum went there for years and years every Saturday yeah , and as I say the wagonettes used to erm be stationed up by Albion Street , to take er shopping and , and er and Rushbrooks used to be the big confectioners then , that 's on the , it used to be on the corner of erm Albion , well there 's a market there , an indoor market now is n't there yeah they were the er the big confectioners Rushbrooks , and er bakers and confectioners and er all the barrels of flour used to be , you could see all that going in you know but er I do n't know whether it is , am I making it interesting , is it interesting for you ? |
| 14 | You see when Steve used to erm come down to Selby I mean there were , there were occasions when I used to go into the college with him and sit in on some of his interviews . |
| 15 | And she 'd , she 'd even get her girlfriend 's mother to ring up to say she was staying there the night , the mothers used to s ring up Joan tell them that it was al alright for er for er Andrea to stay there the night and she was never , she was camping out in the fields with a crowd of them oh |
| 16 | And er we er tt we er we made er a lot of blackout stuff during the war , we had they called the Federation of British Industries , which was an annual fair at Birmingham , and my firm used to s used to exhibit there . |
| 17 | And as I say you used to have to erm children used to hav well the elder children had to give a turn with the mangling . |
| 18 | Er well I was in the time office in the first place , the men used to er cl check in , they used to bring the checks you see ? brass checks , numbered . |
| 19 | My mother used to er whe when we were younger used to come down the for a days ' scrubbing , charring . |
| 20 | The , I tell you that place that they had in Street used to ins insert the sponges . |