Example sentences of "[adv] we used to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh well I b , it were , we all had to be in the union anyway and so we used to er we used to go to the meetings a a a you know as youngsters and then when we came back from the Army we 'd got to the union meeting as well . |
| 2 | I know it 's , I knew it was Needham Station and it was between station to station , you see , not er anything to do with the public but that 's where I learnt so we used to er take er messages from station to station and I used to speak to the girl at Merrith down the line . |
| 3 | And sometimes used to get a bit of a a bad storm ahead so we used to especially if you went from here to er North of Scotland round Cape . |
| 4 | And when we went to bed early we used to we One used to have to fill the kettle , and then the other one used to have to set the table for next morning for next morning . |
| 5 | Perhaps they do n't have time to stand and talk like we used to . |
| 6 | Do we now , for example , make er big ships like we used to ? |
| 7 | There were n't any houses then and there was a big ditch where the canal side and erm we used to have to wait for each other , because no street lamps , nothing at all like that and er really we used to be afraid and then when the first bus ran , shall I tell you this , when the first bus ran from , from Bloxwich to Willenhall of course word got around that the buses were beginning , because the roads were only ruts , they were n't tarmacked roads then and it was certainly gentlemen first for the first there were about three hundred waiting that was a lot of at the top is it Street , I think it 's that and all the gentlemen were first but we , some of us managed to scramble on , but erm then they used to break down very very often because the roads the roads were in such a terrible condition they were only ruts . |
| 8 | Well we used to er well really we never used to do anything kind of perhaps er go out and play or anything like that . |
| 9 | Well we used to er you see , you know when you paid you had your cheque . |
| 10 | Well we used to er get Jersey potatoes and things like that and then new potatoes . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | Well we used to put er branches below them |
| 13 | Well we used to , I mean , I do n't think did they ? |
| 14 | We never used to go Here we used to be and on the beach there . |
| 15 | And then we used to and they used to come along with the old cart and start leading . |
| 16 | And then they used to well it used to be ever so long , yards and yards of it and then we used to what they call drawing . |
| 17 | And then we used to be playing top , we 'd a top right round the village , see how far we could go . |
| 18 | And then we used to after that , we used to go out , every in the morning and at night , taking some feed out , to them wherever they were do you see . |
| 19 | Go there sometimes about four o'clock give them a feed out and then we used to I used to stay there in a small shelter there . |
| 20 | well we change it , then we used to then the same yet , we 've , we 've had |
| 21 | But then we used to se |
| 22 | then it went a bit further and stop , and then we used to be walking up the , but that were it , half a crown |
| 23 | You know how we used to always fight and then , well they turn round , I did n't mean to smash your face in . |
| 24 | From right from the time office er I used to go into blacksmith shop to mash tea because that 's where we used to We used to be able to go and take the cam for the timekeeper and I was in the stores too , and er mash the tea in the forge They put the kettle on the forge you see ? |