Example sentences of "i used tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er they used to come to me and ask things about what they should do and did I think they had a claim for this and that you know , and I used to tell them you see . |
| 2 | And I used to tell them they were good at it . |
| 3 | I used to tell myself that it was because I wanted so much to believe it that I felt that way . |
| 4 | It was annoying but I used to tell myself that there was nothing personal in it . |
| 5 | I used to tell him off for riding a bike without a light — summonsed him in the end and he was fined about ten bob . |
| 6 | I used to tell him , I used to say , You you 're stupid . |
| 7 | I used to tell him invented cricket scores . |
| 8 | see if you can find out who 's spending money down that area , and then a occasionally , not , not too often , jobs that he 's fell back on and dropped , I 've been able to get a little start on , and very foolishly I used to tell him sometimes of the progress I was making that was where I made a mistake . |
| 9 | And we used to go visiting , my Auntie Irene lived there and And we used to go on a Saturday night , I used to ooh and I 've told her , I used to tell I would n't live that , live up that lane rent free . |
| 10 | I used to tell my secretary : ‘ That can go in ‘ The Thing' ’ . ' |
| 11 | I used to tell my husband about all these problems . |
| 12 | I used to tell my mum everything that went on , but nobody would believe us . |