Example sentences of "[pron] used give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then after she got over she used , I used to give her some water then . |
| 2 | I used to give him a pound whenever I met him : let no-one call me ungenerous . |
| 3 | ‘ From a child , I used to give him — what do you say ? ’ |
| 4 | I used to give him the odd cuddle and I used to give him lifts home on my bike . |
| 5 | I used to give him the odd cuddle and I used to give him lifts home on my bike . |
| 6 | But mind you I used to give them six , whatever they wanted you know . |
| 7 | and I used to give it |
| 8 | Reminds me of my first branch chair , an ex-miner , who used to give me a lift home in his Jag . |
| 9 | Er ther there we did , we had a tutor sister who used to give us all our lectures . |
| 10 | ‘ She used to give me a piece of the dough when she was making pastry . |
| 11 | I used to give my mother the lot , she used to give me a shilling back . |
| 12 | She used to give them Pedigree Chum too , but it was mostly cat food . |
| 13 | She used to give you silverweed for freckles and camomile for belly-ache . |
| 14 | She used to give you silverweed for freckles and camomile for bellyache . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Defending barrister Thomas Teague told Mr Jones yesterday : ‘ You used to steal things from your foster parents and you used to give them to other children at school . |
| 17 | Yes and you used to give us a lovely meal every night |
| 18 | Wicker , wickerwork basket the one had got a top on and er the big one which I had a hundred and forty loaves , I did n't have a top on but you had a waterproof sheet that you put over the top of that , but er the small ones had a lid on was hinged , hinged lid you could fold it backwards , as far as you could empty it and er what they used to do coming down Road you used to give it a good push and then jump on the back and freewheel down past what is now Lane er is that convenience still on , in those days the was a gents toilet , a public convenience where you went down steps , you were actually apart from the urinals there was toilets as well there . |
| 19 | I remember at the Uni when we used to give we used to put stamps on people , you know , |
| 20 | It was Christmas time , and we used to give them oranges and sweets . |
| 21 | I might still have the odd tin of some oval golden tablets , big as gooseberries , which we used to give them for worms . |
| 22 | That was hot , yes and th in between there used to be that 's where your furnace used to go in and come back and up out the chimney and that they put them the in there to heat the water quick you see and yet they ought to be , they had to be sliced out with a what they call a slice , cos they used to get furred up and we used to give them nineteen and sixpence for that to fill the boiler up again , we had t used to have take Pinmill and they used to have to come up to get fresh water into the anchor boat and we used to pump it up by hand , into the boiler . |
| 23 | We used to put some straw down and the manger and we used to give them some hay and they 'd amuse themselves in there tied up . |
| 24 | ‘ We used to give him sweets on a Sunday . |
| 25 | That 's during the war yes and er , of course this is the first world war I were referring to and erm , the people appreciated this and we used to give it to them like you know . |
| 26 | Er a well I do n't know , I feel that th there used to be something in that , that used to burn it up now what they call their top site and when they burned it they took all the acid out of it , and there used to be all yellow stuff come out the chimney and that , when they finished burn that was always red and the Germans used to come after that before the war , Second World War , they used to come after that and they used to reckon they make paintwork but now you done something else different with it and they use I tell you we used to give it the name of green oar or parites |
| 27 | It was a lot easier it was a lot easier when they used to give them to you over the counter . |
| 28 | Do you remember what your mum and dad used to say to you all those years ago because , those old adages that they used to give you as kids , certainly rings true . |
| 29 | This or someone else 's sister would be they used to give you this to make your . |
| 30 | They used to give us the creeps . ’ |