Example sentences of "[pron] used [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I used to wake him up in the night saying : ‘ I 'm never going to give you a baby — what 's wrong with me ? |
| 2 | You know , Joe ’ — he leant towards him now , a wide grin spreading over his face — ‘ I used to wet me pants every Sunday morning . |
| 3 | I used to listen to other children describing holidays in Bournemouth or Butlin 's or Benidorm , and not wanting to feel out of it I used to invent mine because I had never been anywhere ! |
| 4 | Then I used to feed her and I did n't let her have any water when she was hot cos that give them colic , you see , sometimes . |
| 5 | That was how I used to treat them . |
| 6 | Whenever I met Zillah , the housekeeper , in the village , I used to ask her about Linton . |
| 7 | When I used to ask him where he was going he would tell me ‘ To Phucke ’ , which he claimed was a small town to the north of Inverness . |
| 8 | And then I used to bank I used to post put that in the post office in a separate account , I did n't use it you see . |
| 9 | Because er , I used to serve them with coal and Miss her name was and er er th there was erm a sweet shop about tow by that fish shop which was er , er a fish shop even in those days , fish and chip shop even in those days . |
| 10 | But er I used to go I did n't eat with the men you were n't allowed to eat with the men you see , it was only the full men that sat round this table well |
| 11 | I used to like him too … |
| 12 | oh yes , but not in the ordinary er there was a huge place , where you could put tables all round the tables , you see , and , and er it was a and er I liked it , I , when they were busy , you see , I used to , especially if they had an order for these hundreds of cups of tea , er , you see , I used to go down and give a hand then , I used to like it , you see , somebody would give a shout and I would come down from the office and and left them anyway and then er I heard of this job . |
| 13 | But I used to bring them in anyway , and I used to let them out the back door if the housemother came in . |
| 14 | So it were no good fighting against them I mean they I used to let them please theirself you know , and er just because they were quite happy to go along that way . |
| 15 | But er , in my later as I was rearing my two children erm I , I think I used to spend mine . |
| 16 | And I sometimes I used to fry them first . |
| 17 | There was at the time a French popular song , wistful and haunting , and I used to repeat it in my mind like a rosary. : |
| 18 | I used to love him but I hated the way he done that to my hair . |
| 19 | I used to love it when he kicked me and enjoyed just sitting and feeling the bulge . |
| 20 | They 're my old favourites , I used to love it |
| 21 | oh I used to love it |
| 22 | Oh I do yeah , I used to love it and I 'm sure these two er get , I mean very , very good umpire is Dickie Bird and John Hampshire . |
| 23 | Every time we used to fight from then on , I used to pretend I was Johnson and the other kid used to say he was Sullivan or somebody . ’ |
| 24 | Dressed up and I used to take them and I used to leave them in the kitchen and the the head kitchen maid er the head kitchen maid w went and took them in . |
| 25 | Then after she got over she used , I used to give her some water then . |
| 26 | I used to give him a pound whenever I met him : let no-one call me ungenerous . |
| 27 | ‘ From a child , I used to give him — what do you say ? ’ |
| 28 | I used to give him the odd cuddle and I used to give him lifts home on my bike . |
| 29 | I used to give him the odd cuddle and I used to give him lifts home on my bike . |
| 30 | But mind you I used to give them six , whatever they wanted you know . |