Example sentences of "i used [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until an hour or two ago I certainly did n't know that this problem had arisen , but the date April has been on the lips of my er Honourable Friend er and of the Noble Minister er I used to represent part of the City of Leeds and Honourable er a and Noble Lord you 'll have heard recently of behaviour at Elland Road Football Ground on the death of Sir Matt Busby and one can only wonder what sort of people er we 're dealing with , but many of them arrive at Leeds City Station on the day of a match and they come early and they have then to get their way to Elland Road and there are often real problems . |
| 2 | Bobby Gillespie was right when he told me , ‘ I used to go stand where all the young kids stood in the corner . |
| 3 | I did I used to like school |
| 4 | My first year at Grange Hill , right , you know when I used to wear boxer shorts with no knickers on underneath ? |
| 5 | I used to wear dinner suits with cufflinks and a top hat . |
| 6 | I used to tap dance , high kick , do splits , pull my legs up at the back of my head . |
| 7 | I used to love knitting until I used to make loads of mistakes . |
| 8 | Oh I used to love sally loaves and you cut them off that way |
| 9 | I used to love breakout in the arcades , but this implementation is a little too slow for my tastes . |
| 10 | Well , I , no , I mean I used to love lamb ! |
| 11 | In the days when I used to drink alcohol I 'd have said it was possible to do it only on the basis of several glasses of sherry . |
| 12 | ‘ I used to see Dad every now and again , say once a month , and we usually spoke over the phone at least once a week . |
| 13 | I used to receive money from people I never even knew . |
| 14 | I used to enjoy sex , he ca n't understand why I do n't anymore . |
| 15 | It was good to be up mountains again , as I used to enjoy mountaineering before my accident . |
| 16 | Well I , I enjoyed it when I was at college , I used to enjoy drama there . |
| 17 | But I used to enjoy speed quite a lot , y'know , but never , I never used it intravenously . |
| 18 | Well I used to cycle from Gedling to Apsley , me debit was at Apsley and I used to have to cycle from there to Apsley and I used to take bit of food an and bread and cheese and pieces of anything I could pick up in me pocket , and I dare n't come home till I 'd got some business . |
| 19 | And erm so she used And then sh I used to take lunch for father and I could n't find him . |
| 20 | I used to take bass for granted , because I did n't really understand it , but having been around Sara I 've got a much deeper appreciation for the way she fits into the rhythm section and comes up with lines that move around underneath the melody . |
| 21 | Cherry Vanilla and I used to take care of our time when we were n't rehearsing by pretending we were rock and roll journalists — which we were n't . |
| 22 | Well I went to work on the Saturday morning at six and we were dredging until half past twelve , then we would , then do repairs till five o'clock at night and then five o'clock at night , when the other crew had gone home , when I start to stay there then from five o'clock Saturday night till Monday morning six o'clock all the time just to keep watch on the dredger , I used to sleep mind you during part of the time and erm used to have a big old tortoise stove down the cabin and make good fire . |
| 23 | ‘ I used to initiate talk about his bum by my own behaviour , ’ she admitted to me . |
| 24 | Yeah , ah well erm when I was younger I used to watch dad so when he put his seeds out I used to erm get the erm erm erm , spade and sort of keep digging them up , se seeds up |
| 25 | I used to watch television and think ‘ I want to do that ’ . |
| 26 | And I used to do testing , you know , for urine |
| 27 | But I used to do work for customer down the garage there he used to have two cars to hire and I drove one in my spare time . |
| 28 | ‘ I used to do business with one of your predecessors . ’ |
| 29 | Oh about eight , seven or eight , but when we first went there the honourable S G W was the vicar , fourth son of the Earl of and er , oh you he was there then afterwards er Father came , and I used to do altar serving oh I was never interested in it you know I was forced into it . |
| 30 | When we first met my fiancé and I used to make love every day and often in really unusual places — in fields , on the beach , in the car and so on . |